Tetramorium escherichi

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Tetramorium escherichi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium weitzeckeri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium escherichi
Forel, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • escherichi. Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) escherichi Forel, 1910c: 259 (w.q.) ETHIOPIA. Combination in Xiphomyrmex: Emery, 1915g: 4. Junior synonym of weitzeckeri: Bolton, 1980: 233.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1980. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 40: 193-384 (page 233, Junior synonym of weitzeckeri)
  • Emery, C. 1915f. Escursioni zoologiche del Dr. Enrico Festa nell'Isola di Rodi. XII. Formiche. Boll. Mus. Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino 30(7 701: 1-7 (page 4, Combination in Xiphomyrmex)
  • Forel, A. 1910c. Ameisen aus der Kolonie Erythräa. Gesammelt von Prof. Dr. K. Escherich (nebst einigen in West-Abessinien von Herrn A. Ilg gesammelten Ameisen). Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 29: 243-274 (page 259, worker, queen described)