Xiphomyrmex costatus willowsi

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Xiphomyrmex costatus willowsi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tetramorium aspersum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Tetramorium
Species: Xiphomyrmex costatus willowsi
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • willowsi. Xiphomyrmex costatus subsp. willowsi Wheeler, W.M. 1934a: 177 (w.) SOLOMON IS. Junior synonym of aspersum: Bolton, 1977: 86.

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