Xiphomyrmex aruensis

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Xiphomyrmex aruensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium carinatum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Xiphomyrmex aruensis
Karavaiev, 1935

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aruensis. Xiphomyrmex aruensis Karavaiev, 1935a: 105, fig. 24 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru I.). Junior synonym of carinatum: Bolton, 1977: 86.

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