Triglyphothrix auropunctatus

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Triglyphothrix auropunctatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium microps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Triglyphothrix auropunctatus
Forel, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • auropunctatus. Triglyphothrix auropunctatus Forel, 1910f: 20 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of auropunctatum Roger, 1863a: 182, above.] Junior synonym of microps: Bolton, 1976: 329.

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