Tetramorium caespitum annauensis

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Tetramorium caespitum annauensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium armatum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium caespitum annauensis
Karavaiev, 1931

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

Nomenclature

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

  • annauensis. Tetramorium caespitum subsp. annauensis Karavaiev, 1931a: 315 (w.q.m.) TRANSCASPIA. Junior synonym of armatum: Radchenko, 1992b: 53.

References

  • Karavaiev, V. 1931a [1930]. Myrmekologische Fragmente, III. Zool. Anz. 92: 309-317 (page 315, worker, queen, male described)
  • Radchenko, A. G. 1992b. Ants of the genus Tetramorium (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR fauna. Report 2. Zool. Zh. 71(8 8: 50-58 (page 53, Junior synonym of armatum)