Monomorium pseudoepixenus

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Monomorium pseudoepixenus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium creticum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium pseudoepixenus
Özdikmen, 2010

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

Nomenclature

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

  • creticus. Epixenus creticus Emery, 1908f: 558, fig. 5 (m.) GREECE (Crete). [Junior secondary homonym of creticum Emery, above.] Combination in Monomorium: Brown & Wilson, 1957b: 245. Replacement name: pseudoepixenus Özdikmen, 2010c: 991.
  • pseudoepixenus. Monomorium pseudoepixenus Özdikmen, 2010c: 991. Replacement name for creticus Emery, 1908f: 558. [Junior secondary homonym of creticum Emery, 1895b: 66.] Junior synonym of creticum: see there and Legakis, 2011: 14.


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