Xiphomyrmex spinosus insons

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Xiphomyrmex spinosus insons
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium spinosum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Xiphomyrmex spinosus insons
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • insons. Xiphomyrmex spinosus subsp. insons Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 416 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of spinosum: Bolton, 1979: 163.

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