Tetramorium sericeiventre femoratum

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Tetramorium sericeiventre femoratum
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 sericeiventre femoratum
Emery, 1895

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.

  • femoratum. Tetramorium sericeiventre subsp. femoratum Emery, 1895h: 37 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of sericeiventre: Bolton, 1980: 332.

References

  • 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 332, Junior synonym of sericeiventre)
  • Emery, C. 1895i. Voyage de M. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe (janvier-avril 1893). 3e mémoire. Formicides. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 64: 15-56 (page 37, worker described)