Xiphomyrmex uelensis

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Xiphomyrmex uelensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium pullulum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Xiphomyrmex uelensis
Santschi, 1935

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

Nomenclature

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

  • uelensis. Xiphomyrmex uelensis Santschi, 1935a: 267 (w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of uelense Santschi, 1923e: 285, above.] Junior synonym of pullulum: Bolton, 1980: 273.

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