Tetramorium blochmannii

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Tetramorium blochmannii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium sericeiventre)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium blochmannii
Forel, 1887

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

Nomenclature

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

  • blochmannii. Tetramorium blochmannii Forel, 1887: 384 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Forel, 1910f: 19 (q.m.). Subspecies of sericeiventre: Santschi, 1918b: 124 (in key). Junior synonym of sericeiventre: Bolton, 1979: 155.

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