Ectomomyrmex pylixy Fisher, 2025

Fisher, Brian L., 2025, Replacement names for junior homonyms in ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), ZooKeys 1256, pp. 81-113 : 81-113

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1256.162607

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:022D48B6-D029-470F-907D-96134B37CE80

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17370087

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/10DF3557-B0C1-5C73-8C21-3FA7D98324BF

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Ectomomyrmex pylixy Fisher
status

nom. nov.

B 10. Ectomomyrmex pylixy Fisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Pachycondyla ( Ectomomyrmex) punctata Karavaiev, 1935: 71 (current combination Ectomomyrmex punctatus ), unresolved junior primary homonym of Pachycondyla punctata Smith, 1858: 108 (current combination Platythyrea punctata ).

The replacement name uses the same type specimen and type locality originally identified for the name replaced.

Type locality.

Vietnam (“Zentralannam”): Bana.

Type material.

Syntype workers, syntype queens.

Type depository.

SIZK.

Etymology.

Arbitrary combination of letters, treated as a noun in apposition.

SIZK

Schmaulhausen Institute of Zoology

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Ectomomyrmex