Monomorium explorator

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Monomorium explorator
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium madecassum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium explorator
Santschi, 1920

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

Nomenclature

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

  • explorator. Monomorium explorator Santschi, 1920b: 12, fig. 1 (w.) GABON. Junior synonym of leopoldinum: Bolton, 1987: 397; of madecassum: Heterick, 2006: 128.

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 397, Junior synonym of leopoldinum)
  • Santschi, F. 1920b. Formicides nouveaux du Gabon, du Congo, de la Rhodesia et du Natal. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 60: 6-17 (page 12, fig. 1 worker described)