Monomorium modestum boerorum

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Monomorium modestum boerorum
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Syllophopsis modesta)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Syllophopsis
Species: Monomorium modestum boerorum
Santschi, 1915

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Syllophopsis modesta.

Nomenclature

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

  • boerorum. Monomorium (Syllophopsis) modestum var. boerorum Santschi, 1915c: 260, fig. 9 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
    • Type-locality: South Africa: Transvaal, Pretoria (no collector’s name).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • [Junior primary homonym of Monomorium minutum var. boerorum Forel, 1910e: 442.]
    • Status as species: Santschi, 1921c: 120 (in key).
    • Replacement name: Monomorium (Syllophopsis) modestum var. transwaalensis: Emery, 1922e: 175.

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