Tetramorium longicarinum

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Tetramorium longicarinum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium validiusculum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium longicarinum
Donisthorpe, 1941

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

Nomenclature

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

  • longicarinum. Tetramorium longicarinum Donisthorpe, 1941h: 57 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of validiusculum: Bolton, 1977: 104.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 36: 67-151 (page 104, Junior synonym of validiusculum)
  • Donisthorpe, H. 1941h. The ants of Japen Island, Dutch New Guinea (Hym., Formicidae). Trans. R. Entomol. Soc. Lond. 91: 51-64 (page 57, worker described)