Tetramorium aspinatum
Tetramorium aspinatum | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium jordani) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Tetramorium |
Species: | Tetramorium aspinatum Prins, 1973 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetramorium jordani.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- aspinatum. Tetramorium aspinatum Prins, 1973: 12, figs. 10-13, 29 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of jordani: Bolton, 1980: 248.
References
- Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 40: 193-384 (page 248, Junior synonym of jordani)
- Prins, A. J. 1973. African Formicidae (Hymenoptera) in the South African Museum. Description of four new species and notes on Tetramorium Mayr. Ann. S. Afr. Mus. 62: 1-40 (page 12, figs, 10-13, 29 worker, queen described)