Monomorium binatu

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Monomorium binatu
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium termitobium)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium binatu
Bolton, 1987

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

Nomenclature

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

  • binatu. Monomorium binatu Bolton, 1987: 380, fig. 78 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Junior synonym of termitobium: Heterick, 2006: 140.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 380, fig. 78 worker described)