Monomorium heyeri

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Monomorium heyeri
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tranopelta gilva)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Tranopelta
Species: Monomorium heyeri
Forel, 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • heyeri. Monomorium heyeri Forel, 1901g: 389 (w.) BRAZIL. Combination in M. (Martia): Forel, 1908c: 361; in Tranopelta: Forel, 1911d: 396. Junior synonym of gilva: Fernández, 2003c: 647.

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