Tetramorium tortuosum ethica

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.

References

• Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 36: 67-151.