Tetramorium joffrei

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Tetramorium joffrei
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium grassii)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium joffrei
Forel, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • joffrei. Tetramorium joffrei Forel, 1914d: 228 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of grassii: Bolton, 1980: 262.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 40: 193-384 (page 262, Junior synonym of grassii)
  • Forel, A. 1914d. Formicides d'Afrique et d'Amérique nouveaux ou peu connus. Bull. Soc. Vaudoise Sci. Nat. 50: 211-288 (page 228, worker, queen described)