Monomorium laeve fraterculus

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Monomorium laeve fraterculus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium antipodum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium laeve fraterculus
Santschi, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fraterculus. Monomorium (Mitara) laeve st. fraterculus Santschi, 1919a: 328, fig. 1 (w.) AUSTRALIA.
    • Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Wheeler, W.M. 1927i: 140.
    • Raised to species: Santschi, 1928e: 467.
    • Junior synonym of fieldi: Heterick, 2001: 401.
    • Junior synonym of antipodum: Heterick, 2021: 14.

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