Tetramorium pusillum bantouana

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Tetramorium pusillum bantouana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium pusillum bantouana
Santschi, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • bantouana. Tetramorium pusillum var. bantouana Santschi, 1910c: 382, fig. 10 (w.q.m.) CONGO. Junior synonym of simillimum: Bolton, 1980: 320.

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