Tapinoma nitida

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Tapinoma nitida
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Colobopsis perneser)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Colobopsis
Species: Tapinoma nitida
Smith, F., 1860

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Colobopsis perneser.

Nomenclature

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

  • nitida. Tapinoma nitida Smith, F. 1860a: 69 (q.) INDONESIA (Sulawesi). [Junior secondary homonym of Formica nitida Smith, F. 1859a: 138, above.] Replacement name: perneser Bolton, 1995b: 117. Combination in Camponotus (Colobopsis): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 457.

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