Monomorium rothsteini squamigena

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Monomorium rothsteini squamigena
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium sordidum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium rothsteini squamigena
Viehmeyer, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • squamigena. Monomorium rothsteini var. squamigena Viehmeyer, 1925a: 28 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Combination in Chelaner: Ettershank, 1966: 97; in Monomorium: Taylor, 1987b: 3. Subspecies of rothsteini: Taylor & Brown, D.R. 1985: 58. Junior synonym of sordidum: Heterick, 2001: 412.

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