Monomorium salomonis pestiferum

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Monomorium salomonis pestiferum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium salomonis obscuriceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium salomonis pestiferum
Santschi, 1936

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pestiferum. Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) salomonis st. pestiferum Santschi, 1936a: 57, figs. 20, 28, 30 (w.q.m.) ALGERIA, MOROCCO, TUNISIA.
    • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated), 1 syntype queen, 1 syntype male.
    • Type-locality: Algeria: Mascara (A. Cros).
    • Type-depository: NHMB.
    • Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249 (l.).
    • Subspecies of salomonis: Santschi, 1939d: 73; Athias-Henriot, 1947: 249.
    • Junior synonym of obscuriceps: Ettershank, 1966: 91; Bolton, 1995b: 265.

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