Monomorium creticum

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Greece.

Nomenclature

 *  creticum. Monomorium abeillei var. creticum Emery, 1895b: 66 (w.) GREECE (Crete). Karavaiev, 1927b: 107 (q.). Combination in M. (Xeromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 178. Subspecies of salomonis: Forel, 1910a: 23 (in text). Raised to species: Karavaiev, 1927b: 107. Senior synonym of creticus Emery, 1908 (and hence also of its replacement name pseudoepixenus), biroianum: Legakis, 2011: 14.
 * biroi. Epixenus biroi Forel, 1910a: 21 (q.) CRETE. Combination in Monomorium: Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 244. [Junior secondary homonym of biroi Forel, 1907a: 19, above.] Replacement name: biroianum Bolton, 1995b: 260.
 * creticus. Epixenus creticus Emery, 1908f: 558, fig. 5 (m.) GREECE (Crete). [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of creticum Emery (Bolton, 1995b: 260).] Combination in Monomorium: Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 245. Replacement name: pseudoepixenus Özdikmen, 2010c: 991.
 * biroianum. Monomorium biroianum Bolton, 1995b: 260. Replacement name for Epixenus biroi Forel, 1910a: 21. [Junior secondary homonym of Monomorium biroi Forel, 1907a: 19.] Junior synonym of creticum: Legakis, 2011: 14.
 * pseudoepixenus. Monomorium pseudoepixenus Özdikmen, 2010c: 991. Replacement name for creticus Emery, 1908f: 558. [Junior secondary homonym of creticum Emery, 1895b: 66.] Junior synonym of creticum: see there and Legakis, 2011: 14.

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