Neivamyrmex nigrescens

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Ecitoninae
Tribus: Ecitonini
Genus: Neivamyrmex
Species: Neivamyrmex nigrescens

Name

Neivamyrmex nigrescens (Cresson, 1872: 194)

[Original combination: Labidus nigrescens; Combination in Eciton: Dalla Torre, 1893}: 5; in Neivamyrmex (Labidus): Emery, 1895d: 261; in Neivamyrmex (Acamatus): Emery, 1900e: 187; in Neivamyrmex (Neivamyrmex): Smith, 1942c: 550; Gregg, 1963: 286; in Neivamyrmex: Borgmeier, 1955: 494; Watkins, 1972}: 349. Senior synonym of Neivamyrmex schmitti: Smith, 1938b: 160; Borgmeier, 1955: 494.]

Holotype: Male described. [Holotype in Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.]

Type locality: U.S.A. [Texas.]

References

Cresson, E.T. 1872: Hymenoptera Texana. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 4: 153–292.
Ward, P.S. 1999: Deceptive similarity in army ants of the genus Neivamyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): taxonomy, distribution and biology of N. californicus (Mayr) and N. nigrescens (Cresson). Journal of Hymenoptera research 8(1): 74-97. BHL Reference page.