Macromischoides aculeatus pulchellus

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Macromischoides aculeatus pulchellus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium aculeatum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Macromischoides aculeatus pulchellus
Santschi, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pulchellus. Macromischoides aculeatus var. pulchellus Santschi, 1924b: 208, fig. 8 (w.q.m.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of pulchellum Emery, above.] Junior synonym of aculeatum: Bolton, 1980: 353.

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