Tetramorium blochmannii montanum

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Tetramorium blochmannii montanum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium sericeiventre)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium blochmannii montanum
Forel, 1891

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

Nomenclature

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

  • montanum. Tetramorium blochmannii var. montanum Forel, 1891b: 152, pl. 5, fig. 2 (w.q.) MADAGASCAR. Subspecies of quadrispinosum: Santschi, 1918b: 122 (in key). Junior synonym of quadrispinosum: Bolton, 1979: 155; of sericeiventre: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011: 34.

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