Monomorium coecum

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Monomorium coecum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Bondroitia lujae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Bondroitia
Species: Monomorium coecum
Forel, 1911

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

Nomenclature

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

  • coecum. Monomorium (Martia) coecum Forel, 1911c: 299 (footnote) (w.) SWITZERLAND (locality in error, see Bolton, 1987: 277). Combination in Monomorium (Bondroitia): Forel, 1911c: 300; in Diplomorium (Bondroitia): Forel, 1911d: 398; in Bondroitia: Forel, 1915d: 38; in Diplomorium: Emery, 1922e: 195. Junior synonym of lujae: Bolton, 1987: 277.

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