Epixenus creticus

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Epixenus creticus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium creticum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Epixenus creticus
Emery, 1908

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

Nomenclature

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

  • creticus. Epixenus creticus Emery, 1908f: 558, fig. 5 (m.) GREECE (Crete). [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of creticum Emery (Bolton, 1995b: 260).] Combination in Monomorium: Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 245. Replacement name: pseudoepixenus Özdikmen, 2010c: 991.

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