Tetramorium silvestrianum

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Tetramorium silvestrianum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Myrmica specioides)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: Tetramorium silvestrianum
Emery, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • silvestrianum. Tetramorium silvestrianum Emery, 1924c: 167, fig. A1 (w.) SPAIN. Junior synonym of Tetramorium forte: Collingwood, 1978: 71. Combination in Myrmica: Güsten, Schulz & Sanetra, 2006: 29. Junior synonym of specioides: Güsten, Schulz & Sanetra, 2006: 29.

References

  • Collingwood, C. A. 1978. A provisional list of Iberian Formicidae with a key to the worker caste (Hym. Aculeata). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 52: 65-95 (page 71, Junior synonym of forte)
  • Emery, C. 1924c. Formiche di Spagna raccolte dal Prof. Filippo Silvestri. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 17: 164-171 (page 167, fig. A1 worker described)