Tetramorium tortuosum ethica

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Tetramorium tortuosum ethica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium tortuosum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium tortuosum ethica
Forel, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ethica. Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) tortuosum var. ethica Forel, 1911i: 225 (w.) SRI LANKA. Junior synonym of tortuosum: Bolton, 1977: 83.

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