Tetramorium caespitum laevior

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Tetramorium caespitum laevior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium diomedeum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium caespitum laevior
Menozzi, 1936

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

Nomenclature

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

  • laevior. Tetramorium ferox var. laevior Menozzi, 1936d: 292 (w.) TURKEY. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum subsp. ferox var. laevior Forel, 1911d: 333; unavailable name.] Finzi, 1939c: 157 (m.). Junior synonym of diomedeum: Csösz & Schulz, 2010: 17.

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