Lepidopone lamottei

Lepidopone lamottei
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Asphinctopone silvestrii)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ponerinae
Tribe:	Ponerini
Genus:	Asphinctopone
Species:	Lepidopone lamottei; Bernard, 1953

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

Nomenclature

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

lamottei. Lepidopone lamottei Bernard, 1953b: 208, fig. 4 (w.) GUINEA. Combination in Asphinctopone: Brown, 1953h: 3. Junior synonym of silvestrii: Bolton & Fisher, 2008a: 57.