Monomorium poecilum

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Monomorium poecilum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium floricola)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium poecilum
Roger, 1863

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

Nomenclature

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

  • poecilum. Monomorium poecilum Roger, 1863a: 199 (w.q.) CUBA. Junior synonym of floricola: Emery, 1894c: 151.

References

  • Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 26: 137-241 (page 151, Junior synonym of floricola)
  • Roger, J. 1863a. Die neu aufgeführten Gattungen und Arten meines Formiciden-Verzeichnisses nebst Ergänzung einiger früher gegebenen Beschreibungen. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7: 131-214 (page 199, worker, queen described)