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| Cataulacus simoni | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Genus: | Cataulacus |
| Species: | C. simoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Cataulacus simoni Emery, 1893 | |
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