Epimyrma africana

Epimyrma africanus
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Tetramorium epimyrmoide)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tetramorium
Species:	Epimyrma africanus Bernard, 1948

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Tetramorium epimyrmoide.

Nomenclature

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

• africanus. Epimyrma (Gonepimyrma) africana Bernard, 1948: 148, fig. 7 (w.) ALGERIA.
  • [Junior secondary homonym of Tetramorium africanum Mayr, 1866a.]
  • Combination in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2015: 75.
  • Combination in Tetramorium: Báthori et al., 2024: 8.
  • Status as species: Kutter, 1973f: 289; Buschinger, 1989a: 266; Schulz, 1994b: 432; Bolton, 1995b: 188; Borowiec, 2014: 136; Báthori et al., 2024: 8.
  • Replacement name: Tetramorium epimyrmoide Báthori et al., 2024.

References

• Báthori, F., Seifert, B., Heinze, J., Kiran, K., Karaman, C., Csősz, S. 2024. Taxonomy of the Palearctic socially parasitic Temnothorax (Myrmoxenus) ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). PLOS ONE, 19(10), e0308712 (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0308712).
• Bernard, F. 1948. Les insectes sociaux du Fezzân. Comportement et biogéographie. Pp. 87-200 in: Bernard, F., Peyerimhoff, P. de. Mission scientifique du Fezzân (1944-1945). Tome V. Zoologie. Alger: Institut de Recherches Sahariennes de l'Université d'Alger, 248 pp. (page 148, fig. 7 worker described)
• Buschinger, A. 1989a. Evolution, speciation, and inbreeding in the parasitic ant genus Epimyrma (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 2: 265-283.