Tapinoma melanocephalum australe

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Tapinoma melanocephalum australe
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tapinoma melanocephalum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Tapinoma
Species: Tapinoma melanocephalum australe
Santschi, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • australe. Tapinoma (Micromyrma) melanocephalum var. australe Santschi, 1928e: 475 (w.) VANUATU. Junior synonym of melanocephalum: Bolton, 1995b: 399. [Note. Shattuck, 1994: 148 treats australis and australe as variant spellings, but the type-localities of the two are different and the names must be treated as separate.]

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