Carebara xynera 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.17370142

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/200279E9-019A-54A8-A6DF-9E1115F0F66B

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ZooKeys by Pensoft

scientific name

Carebara xynera Fisher
status

nom. nov.

D 7. Carebara xynera Fisher nom. nov.

Note.

Replacement name for Aneleus politus Santschi, 1914 a: 79 (current combination Carebara polita ), junior secondary homonym of Myrmica polita Smith, 1860 b: 108 (current combination Carebara polita ), junior synonym of Carebara diversa ( Jerdon, 1851: 109) .

Type locality.

Kenya (“Afrique orientale anglaise”): Blue Post Hotel, Kikuyu territory.

Type material.

Syntype workers.

Type depository.

NHMB.

Etymology.

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

NHMB

Natural History Museum Bucharest

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Carebara