Iridomyrmex iniquus nigellus

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Iridomyrmex iniquus nigellus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Linepithema iniquum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Linepithema
Species: Iridomyrmex iniquus nigellus
Emery, 1890

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nigellus. Iridomyrmex iniquus var. nigellus Emery, 1890b: 56 (w.) COSTA RICA. [Also described as new by Emery, 1894k: 61.] Combination in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16. Subspecies of dispertitum: Forel, 1901c: 134; Forel, 1912h: 47; of iniquum: Creighton, 1950a: 342. Junior synonym of iniquum: Wild, 2007a: 67.

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