Micromyrma dufouri

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Micromyrma dufouri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tapinoma pygmaeum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Tapinoma
Species: Micromyrma dufouri
Donisthorpe, 1943

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

Nomenclature

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

  • dufouri. Micromyrma dufouri Donisthorpe, 1943f: 662. Unnecessary replacement name for Micromyrma pygmaea Dufour, 1857: 61. [Junior primary homonym of dufourii Perris, above.] Replacement name (unnecessary): Tapinoma confusum Smith, M.R. 1951a: 837.

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