Tetramorium ferox perspicax

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Tetramorium ferox perspicax
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium ferox)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium ferox perspicax
Radchenko, 1992

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

Nomenclature

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

  • perspicax. Tetramorium perspicax Radchenko, 1992b: 56 (w.q.) TURKEY. [First available use of Tetramorium caespitum st. ferox var. perspicax Santschi, 1921a: 111; unavailable name.] Synonym of feroxoides: Radchenko, 1992b: 56. [Radchenko gives perspicax as senior name, but feroxoides has priority: Bolton, 1995b: 412.] Junior synonym of ferox: Csösz & Schulz, 2010: 21.

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