Tetramorium bismarckii

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Tetramorium bismarckii
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium aspersum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium bismarckii
Forel, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bismarckii. Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) bismarckii Forel, 1901b: 11 (w.) NEW GUINEA (Bismarck Archipelago). Junior synonym of aspersum: Bolton, 1977: 86.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 36: 67-151 (page 86, Junior synonym of aspersum)
  • Forel, A. 1901b. Critique des expériences faites dès 1887 avec quelques nouvelles expériences. Troisième partie (1901). Riv. Biol. Gen. 3: 7-62 (page 11, worker described)