Protonym: Myrmica punica
| Authorship | Smith, 1861a: 34 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Palearctic |
| Locality | SYRIA AND PALESTINE |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype worker (apparently only one specimen described). Primary type locality: Holy Land: (“Syria and Palestine”), ix-x.1860 (D.J. Hooker & D. Hanbury). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). |
| Type notes | 1) Santschi, 1921b: 433, notes that according to Donisthorpe, no type material of Tetramorium punicum is present in BMNH or OXUM. 2) Sanetra et al., 1999: 329 (in text), suggest that Tetramorium punicum may best be regarded as a nomen dubium. |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Myrmica punica | Species |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetramorium punicum (Smith, 1861)
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Original combination |
| Tetramorium caespitum punicum | Subspecies |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Tetramorium punicum (Smith, 1861)
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| Tetramorium punicum | Species | Valid |