Iridomyrmex melleus fuscescens

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Iridomyrmex melleus fuscescens
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 melleus fuscescens
Wheeler, W.M., 1908

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.

  • fuscescens. Iridomyrmex melleus var. fuscescens Wheeler, W.M. 1908a: 153 (w.) PUERTO RICO. Combination in Linepithema: Shattuck, 1992a: 16. Junior synonym of iniquum: Wild, 2007a: 68.

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