Wasmannia auropunctata brevispinosa

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Wasmannia auropunctata brevispinosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium simillimum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Wasmannia auropunctata brevispinosa
Borgmeier, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brevispinosa. Wasmannia auropunctata subsp. brevispinosa Borgmeier, 1928a: 36, figs. 4, 5 (w.) BRAZIL. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of brevispinosus Stitz, above.] Junior synonym of simillimum: Borgmeier, 1937b: 241.

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