Monomorium biroianum

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Monomorium biroianum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium creticum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium biroianum
Bolton, 1995

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

Nomenclature

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

  • biroianum. Monomorium biroianum Bolton, 1995b: 260. Replacement name for Epixenus biroi Forel, 1910a: 21. [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium biroi Forel, 1907a: 19.] Junior synonym of creticum: Legakis, 2011: 14.


References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 260, Replacement name for Epixenus biroi)
  • Forel, A. 1907d. Formicides du Musée National Hongrois. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 5: 1-42 (page 19, Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium biroi)
  • Forel, A. 1910a. Glanures myrmécologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 54: 6-32 (page 21, Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium biroi)