Monomorium minutum imerinense

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Monomorium minutum imerinense
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 minutum imerinense
Forel, 1892

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.

  • imerinense. Monomorium minutum r. imerinense Forel, 1892l: 257 (q.m.) MADAGASCAR. Subspecies of minutum: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 1027. Raised to species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 67; Bolton, 1995b: 262. Junior synonym of termitobium: Heterick, 2006: 140.

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