Micromyrma dufourii

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Micromyrma dufourii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Plagiolepis pygmaea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Plagiolepidini
Genus: Plagiolepis
Species: Micromyrma dufourii
Perris, 1878

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

Nomenclature

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

  • dufourii. Micromyrma dufourii Perris, 1878: 382 (w.) FRANCE. Junior synonym of Tapinoma erraticum: Dalla Torre, 1893: 165; Emery, 1913a: 40; Forel, 1915d: 43; of Plagiolepis pygmaea: Menozzi, 1925a: 19 (footnote).

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