Monomorium specularis

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Monomorium specularis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium floricola)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium specularis
Mayr, 1866

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

Nomenclature

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

  • specularis. Monomorium specularis Mayr, 1866a: 509 (w.) SAMOA. Junior synonym of floricola: Mayr, 1879: 671.

References

  • Mayr, G. 1866a. Myrmecologische Beiträge. Sitzungsber. Kais. Akad. Wiss. Wien Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. Abt. I 53: 484-517 (page 509, worker described)
  • Mayr, G. 1879. Beiträge zur Ameisen-Fauna Asiens. Verh. K-K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 28: 645-686 (page 671, Junior synonym of floricola)