Monomorium destructor despecta

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Monomorium destructor despecta
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Trichomyrmex oscaris)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Trichomyrmex
Species: Monomorium destructor despecta
Menozzi, 1931

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

Nomenclature

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

  • despecta. Monomorium destructor var. despecta Menozzi, 1931a: 154 (w.) ETHIOPIA. [First available use of Monomorium destructor subsp. kalahariense var. despecta Forel, 1910c: 252; unavailable name.] Forel, 1913b: 331 (q.). Junior synonym of oscaris: Bolton, 1987: 326.

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