Monomorium metoecus

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Monomorium metoecus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium minimum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium metoecus
Brown & Wilson, 1957

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

Nomenclature

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

  • metoecus. Monomorium metoecus Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 239, fig. 1 (q.) U.S.A. Wilson & Brown, 1958: 33 (w.). Junior synonym of minimum: Brown, in Ettershank, 1966: 90.

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