Monomorium minutissimum

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Monomorium minutissimum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium exiguum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium minutissimum
Santschi, 1937

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

Nomenclature

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

  • minutissimum. Monomorium (Lampromyrmex) minutissimum Santschi, 1937d: 227, figs. 27, 28 (w.) ANGOLA. Junior synonym of mictile: Bolton, 1987: 401; of exiguum: Heterick, 2006: 116.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 401, Junior synonym of mictile)
  • Santschi, F. 1937d. Résultats de la Mission scientifique suisse en Angola (2me voyage) 1932-1933. Fourmis angolaises. Rev. Suisse Zool. 44: 211-250 (page 227, figs. 27, 28 worker described)