Tetramorium humile

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Tetramorium humile
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium bequaerti)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium humile
Santschi, 1914

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

Nomenclature

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

  • humile. Tetramorium humile Santschi, 1914a: 434 (w.q.) TANZANIA. Junior synonym of bequaerti: Bolton, 1980: 325.

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 325, Junior synonym of bequaerti)
  • Santschi, F. 1914a [1913]. Mélanges myrmecologiques. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Belg. 57: 429-437 (page 434, worker, queen described)