Tetramorium papuanum

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Tetramorium papuanum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium scabrosum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Tetramorium papuanum
Emery, 1887

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

Nomenclature

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

  • papuanum. Tetramorium papuanum Emery, 1887b: 452 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Junior synonym of scabrosum: Bolton, 1977: 119.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1977. The ant tribe Tetramoriini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). The genus Tetramorium Mayr in the Oriental and Indo-Australian regions, and in Australia. Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Entomol. 36: 67-151 (page 119, Junior synonym of scabrosum)
  • Emery, C. 1887g. Catalogo delle formiche esistenti nelle collezioni del Museo Civico di Genova. Parte terza. Formiche della regione Indo-Malese e dell'Australia (continuazione e fine). [part]. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. 25[=(2)(5): 449-464 (page 452, worker described)