Tetramorium tersum

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Tetramorium tersum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium edouardi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium tersum
Santschi, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tersum. Tetramorium tersum Santschi, 1911c: 357, fig. 1 (w.) KENYA. Senior synonym of atrinodis, kivuense: Bolton, 1980: 233. Junior synonym of edouardi: Hita Garcia, Fischer & Peters, 2010b: 23

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 233, Senior synonym of atrinodis and kivuense)
  • Santschi, F. 1911c [1910]. Nouvelle fourmis d'Afrique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 79: 351-369 (page 357, fig. 1 worker described)