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Tranopelta heyeri columbica
| Tranopelta heyeri columbica | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tranopelta gilva) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Attini |
| Genus: | Tranopelta |
| Species: | Tranopelta heyeri columbica Forel, 1912 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tranopelta gilva.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- columbica. Tranopelta heyeri var. columbica Forel, 1912g: 3 (w.) COLOMBIA. Junior synonym of gilva: Emery, 1919b: 61. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Mann, 1922: 29. Subspecies of heyeri and senior synonym of albida: Emery, 1922e: 193. Junior synonym of gilva: Fernández, 2003c: 647.
References
- Emery, C. 1919b. Sur le genre Tranopelta et sur le type du genre Cremastogaster (Hym. Formicidae). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1919: 60-62 (page 61, Junior synonym of gilva)
- Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 193, Variety of heyeri, and senior synonym of albida)
- Fernández, F. 2003h. Myrmicine ants of the genera Ochetomyrmex and Tranopelta (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 41: 633-661 (page 646, Junior synonym of gilva)
- Forel, A. 1912h. Formicides néotropiques. Part IV. 3me sous-famille Myrmicinae Lep. (suite). Mém. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 20: 1-32 (page 3, worker described)
- Mann, W. M. 1922. Ants from Honduras and Guatemala. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 61: 1-54 (page 29, Revived from synonymy and raised to species)