Xiphomyrmex latior

Xiphomyrmex latior
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium sikorae)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Tetramorium
Species:	Xiphomyrmex latior Santschi, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

• latior. Xiphomyrmex latior Santschi, 1926b: 243 (w.) MADAGASCAR. Junior synonym of sikorae: Bolton, 1979: 138.

References

• Bolton, B. 1979. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Malagasy region and in the New World. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 38: 129-181.