Vollenhovia ambigua

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Vollenhovia ambigua
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Vollenhovia brachycera)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Vollenhovia
Species: Vollenhovia ambigua
Santschi, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ambigua. Vollenhovia ambigua Santschi, 1916d: 242. Unnecessary (second) replacement name for brevicornis Emery, 1897d: 560. Junior synonym of brachycera: Emery, 1917a: 96.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 422, catalogue)
  • Emery, C. 1897d. Viaggio di Lamberto Loria nella Papuasia orientale. XVIII. Formiche raccolte nella Nuova Guinea dal Dott. Lamberto Loria. [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 38[=(2(18): 546-576 (page 560, original name)
  • Emery, C. 1917a. Questions de nomenclature et synonymies relatives à quelques genres et espèces de Formicides (Hym.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1917: 94-97 (page 96, junior synonym of brachycera)
  • Santschi, F. 1916d. Rectifications à la nomenclature de quelques Formicides (Hym.). Bull. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 1916: 242-243 (page 242, unnecessary (second) replacement name for brevicornis Emery; Vollenhovia)