Tetramorium auropunctatus bulawayensis

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Tetramorium auropunctatus bulawayensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium microps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium auropunctatus bulawayensis
Arnold, 1917

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bulawayensis. Tetramorium (Triglyphothrix) auropunctatus var. bulawayensis Arnold, 1917: 335 (w.) ZIMBABWE. Combination in Triglyphothrix: Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 909. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of bulawayense Forel, above.] Junior synonym of microps: Bolton, 1976: 329.

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