Tetramorium caespitum jacoti

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Tetramorium caespitum jacoti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium tsushimae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium caespitum jacoti
Wheeler, W.M., 1927

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

Nomenclature

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

  • jacoti. Tetramorium caespitum subsp. jacoti Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 7 (w.) CHINA. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum subsp. semilaeve var. jacoti Wheeler, W.M. 1923b: 3; unavailable name.] Synonym of tsushimae: Wheeler, W.M. 1927d: 7. [Wheeler gives jacoti as senior synonym but tsushimae has priority and is first available name for this taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 415.] Raised to species: Pisarski, 1969b: 303; Radchenko, 1992b: 51. Senior synonym of tsushimae and material of the unavailable names chinensis, geei referred here: Radchenko, 1992b: 51.

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