Xiphomyrmex insularis

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Xiphomyrmex insularis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium occidentale)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Xiphomyrmex insularis
Menozzi, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • insularis. Xiphomyrmex insularis Menozzi, 1924b: 223, fig. 4 (w.) SÃO TOMÉ & PRINCIPE (Principe I.). Junior synonym of occidentale: Bolton, 1980: 229.

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