Protonym: Myrmica punica
| Authorship | Smith, 1861a: 34 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Palearctic |
| Locality | ISRAEL |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype worker (apparently only one specimen described). Primary type locality: “Holy Land”: Syria and Palestine (= Israel), ix-x.1860 (D.J. Hooker, D. Hanbury). Primary type depository: no type-material is known to exist. |
| Type notes | Santschi, 1921b: 433, notes that according to Donisthorpe, no type-material of Tetramorium punicum is present in BMNH or OXUM. 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 |