Tetramorium maura tingitanum

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Tetramorium maura tingitanum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium forte)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium maura tingitanum
Santschi, 1929

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tingitanum. Tetramorium maurum st. tingitanum Santschi, 1929e: 150 (w.q.) MOROCCO. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum st. maura var. tingitana Santschi, 1921b: 434; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of biskrense: Cagniant, 1997: 97; of forte: Güsten, Schulz & Sanetra, 2006: 5.

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