Vollenhovia agilis

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Vollenhovia agilis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Vollenhovia samoensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Vollenhovia
Species: Vollenhovia agilis
Santschi, 1928

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Vollenhovia samoensis.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • agilis. Vollenhovia agilis Santschi, 1928a: 44, fig. 1 (q.) SAMOA. Junior synonym of samoensis: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 57.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 422, catalogue)
  • Santschi, F. 1928a. Formicidae (Fourmis). Insects Samoa 5: 41-58 (page 44, fig. 1 queen described)
  • Wilson, E. O.; Taylor, R. W. 1967b. The ants of Polynesia (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Pac. Insects Monogr. 14: 1-109 (page 57, junior synonym of samoensis)