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Tetramorium quadrispinosum
| Tetramorium quadrispinosum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium sericeiventre) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Tetramorium |
| Species: | Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery, 1886 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tetramorium sericeiventre.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- quadrispinosum. Tetramorium quadrispinosum Emery, 1886: 362, pl. 17, fig. 8 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Senior synonym of montanum: Bolton, 1979: 155; of angolense, beirae, calvum, elegans, eudoxia, otaviensis, repertum and material of the unavailable name benguelense referred here: Bolton, 1980: 330. Junior synonym of sericeiventre: Hita Garcia & Fisher, 2011: 34.
References
- Bolton, B. 1979. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 38: 129-181 (page 155, Senior synonym of montanum)
- Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 40: 193-384 (page 330, Senior synonym of angolense, beirae, calvum, eudoxia (and its junior synonym elegans), otaviensis and repertum, and material of the unavailable name benguelense referred here.)
- Emery, C. 1886b. Alcune formiche africane. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 18: 355-366 (page 362, pl. 17, fig. 8 worker described)