Myrmica domestica

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Myrmica domestica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium pharaonis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Myrmica domestica
Shuckard, 1838

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

Nomenclature

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

  • domestica. Myrmica domestica Shuckard, 1838: 627 (w.q.) GREAT BRITAIN. Smith, F. 1851: 119 (m.). Junior synonym of pharaonis: Roger, 1862c: 294. See also: Curtis, 1854: 217; Bolton, 1987: 356.

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