Tetramorium caespitum picta

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Tetramorium caespitum picta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium inerme)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium caespitum picta
Karavaiev, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • picta. Tetramorium caespitum var. picta Karavaiev, 1912b: 584 (w.q.) TRANSCASPIA. Junior synonym of inerme: Radchenko, 1992b: 53.

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