Tapinoma melanocephalum malesianum
Tapinoma melanocephalum malesianum | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tapinoma melanocephalum) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
Genus: | Tapinoma |
Species: | Tapinoma melanocephalum malesianum Forel, 1913 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinoma melanocephalum.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- malesiana. Tapinoma melanocephalum var. malesiana Forel, 1913k: 93 (w.q.) INDONESIA (Sumatra, Java).
- Subspecies of melanocephalum: Chapman & Capco, 1951: 192; Shattuck, 1994: 148; Bolton, 1995b: 400.
- Junior synonym of melanocephalum: Guerrero, 2018: 500.
References
- Forel, A. 1913l. Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse einer Forschungsreise nach Ostindien ausgeführt im Auftrage der Kgl. Preuss. Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin von H. v. Buttel-Reepen. II. Ameisen aus Sumatra, Java, Malacca und Ceylon. Gesammelt von Her (page 93, worker, queen described)
- Guerrero, R.J. 2018. Taxonomic identity of the ghost ant, Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius, 1793) (Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Zootaxa 4410 (3): 497–510 (DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.3.4).