Leptothorax caucasicus

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Leptothorax caucasicus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax nadigi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax caucasicus
Arnol'di, 1977

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

Nomenclature

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

  • caucasicus. Leptothorax caucasicus Arnol'di, 1977a: 198 (w.) GEORGIA. Radchenko, 1995d: 6 (q.m.). Senior synonym of hasardaghi: Radchenko, 1994d: 154 (in key); Radchenko, 1995d: 5. Junior synonym of nadigi: Schulz, in Czechowski, Radchenko & Czechowska, 2002: 55.

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