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Tetramorium caespitum ruginode
| Tetramorium caespitum ruginode | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium forte) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Tetramorium |
| Species: | Tetramorium caespitum ruginode Stitz, 1917 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetramorium forte.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- ruginode. Tetramorium caespitum var. ruginode Stitz, 1917: 339 (w.) SPAIN. Santschi, 1931a: 9 (q.). Synonym of hispanicum: Collingwood, 1978: 71. [Collingwood gives hispanicum as senior name, but ruginode has priority: Bolton, 1995b: 413.] Raised to species: Bolton, 1995b: 413. Junior synonym of forte: Güsten, Schulz & Sanetra, 2006: 5.