Monomorium speculiceps

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Monomorium speculiceps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Monomorium excelsior)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Monomorium
Species: Monomorium speculiceps
Santschi, 1928

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

Nomenclature

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

  • speculiceps. Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) speculiceps Santschi, 1928f: 191, fig. 3 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of excelsior: Bolton, 1987: 344.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1987. A review of the Solenopsis genus-group and revision of Afrotropical Monomorium Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 54: 263-452 (page 344, Junior synonym of excelsior)
  • Santschi, F. 1928f. Descriptions de nouvelles fourmis éthiopiennes (suite). Rev. Zool. Bot. Afr. 16: 191-213 (page 191, fig. 3 worker described)