Goniomma maurum

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Goniomma maurum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Goniomma hispanicum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Goniomma
Species: Goniomma maurum
Santschi, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

  • maurum. Goniomma maurum Santschi, 1926e: 235 (w.) MOROCCO. Junior synonym of hispanicum: Acosta Salmerón, 1981: 13.

References

  • Acosta Salmerón, F. J. 1982 [1981]. Sobre los caracteres morfólogicos [sic] de Goniomma, con algunas sugerencias sobre su taxonomía (Hym., Formicidae). EOS. Rev. Esp. Entomol. 57: 7-14 (page 13, Junior synonym of hispanicum)
  • Santschi, F. 1926e. Quelques fourmis nord-africaines. Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afr. Nord 17: 229-236 (page 235, worker described)