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Papyrius nitidus

Papyrius nitidus is a species of ant in the genus Papyrius. Endemic to Australia and New Guinea, it was described by Mayr in 1862.

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Papyrius nitidus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Papyrius
Species:
P. nitidus
Binomial name
Papyrius nitidus
(Mayr, 1862)
Subspecies
  • Papyrius nitidus clitellarius Viehmeyer, 1925
  • Papyrius nitidus oceanicus Forel, 1901
  • Papyrius nitidus queenslandensis Forel, 1901
Synonyms
  • Acantholepis tuberculatus Lowne, 1865

Papyrius nitidus is a species of ant in the genus Papyrius. Endemic to Australia and New Guinea, it was described by Mayr in 1862.1

References

References

  1. Shattuck, S.O. (1992). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 21: 1–181.