Tetramorium mixtum amia

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Tetramorium mixtum amia
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium kraepelini)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium mixtum amia
Forel, 1912

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

Nomenclature

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

  • amia. Tetramorium mixtum r. amia Forel, 1912a: 53 (w.) TAIWAN. Status as species: Bolton, 1977: 113 (redescription); Wang, M., Xiao & Wu, 1988: 267. Junior synonym of kraepelini: Terayama, 2009: 162.

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 113, Raised to species)
  • Forel, A. 1912a. H. Sauter's Formosa-Ausbeute. Formicidae (Hym.). Entomol. Mitt. 1: 45-61 (page 53, worker described)