Tetramorium caespitum ladismithensis

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Tetramorium caespitum ladismithensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium pusillum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium caespitum ladismithensis
Forel, 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ladismithensis. Tetramorium caespitum r. ladismithensis Forel, 1913a: 117 (w.q.) SOUTH AFRICA. Subspecies of pusillum: Forel, 1914d: 223. Junior synonym of pusillum: Bolton, 1980: 318.

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