Monomorium subopacum adoneum

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • adoneum. Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) subopacum var. adoneum Santschi, 1936a: 41, fig. 22 (w.) LEBANON (caption to fig. 22 is misspelled adonis). [Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) subopacum var. adoneum Santschi, 1934d: 277. Nomen nudum.] Junior synonym of subopacum: Heterick, 2006: 103.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1934d. Fourmis d'une croisière. Bull. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 74: 273-282 (page 277, Monomorium (Xeromyrmex) subopacum var. adoneum. Nomen nudum)
  • Santschi, F. 1936a. Étude sur les fourmis du genre Monomorium Mayr. Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc 16: 32-64 (page 41, fig. 22 worker described)