Monomorium andrei ajjer

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Monomorium andrei ajjer
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Monomorium andrei bernardi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium andrei ajjer
Bernard, 1953

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Monomorium andrei bernardi.

Nomenclature

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

  • ajjer. Monomorium (Monomorium) andrei subsp. ajjer Bernard, 1953a: 169, fig. 4 (w.) ALGERIA. [Junior primary homonym of ajjer Bernard, above.] Replacement name: bernardi Ettershank, 1966: 87.

References

  • Bernard, F. 1953a. Les fourmis du Tassili des Ajjer. Pp. 121-250 in: Bernard, F. (ed.) Mission scientifique au Tassili des Ajjer (1949). Volume I. Recherches zoologiques et médicales. Paris: P. Lechevalier, 302 pp. (page 169, fig. 4 worker described)
  • Ettershank, G. 1966. A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Aust. J. Zool. 14: 73-171 (page 87, Replacement name: bernardi Ettershank, 1966)