Macromischoides aculeatus melanogyne

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Macromischoides aculeatus melanogyne
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium aculeatum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Macromischoides aculeatus melanogyne
Santschi, 1923

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

Nomenclature

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

  • melanogyne. Macromischoides aculeatus var. melanogyne Santschi, 1923e: 285 (w.q.) CONGO. [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of melanogyna Mann, above.] Junior synonym of aculeatum: Bolton, 1980: 353.

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