Monomorium sydneyense nigella

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Monomorium sydneyense nigella
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium sydneyense)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium sydneyense nigella
Emery, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nigella. Monomorium (Mitara) sydneyense subsp. nigella Emery, 1914b: 184, fig. 3 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Viehmeyer, 1925a: 28 (q.). Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex): Emery, 1922e: 184. Junior synonym of sydneyense: Heterick, 2001: 415.

References

  • Emery, C. 1914a. Formiche d'Australia e di Samoa raccolte dal Prof. Silvestri nel 1913. Boll. Lab. Zool. Gen. Agrar. R. Sc. Super. Agric. 8: 179-186 (page 184, fig. 3 worker described)
  • Emery, C. 1922c. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Myrmicinae. [part]. Genera Insectorum 174B: 95-206 (page 184, Combination in M. (Lampromyrmex))
  • Heterick, B. E. 2001. Revision of the Australian ants of the genus Monomorium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Invertebr. Taxon. 15: 353-459 (page 415, Junior synonym of sydneyense)
  • Viehmeyer, H. 1925a. Formiciden der australischen Faunenregion. (Fortsetzung.). Entomol. Mitt. 14: 25-39 (page 28, queen described)