Leptothorax exilis retifer

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Leptothorax exilis retifer
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax obscurior)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax exilis retifer
Santschi, 1929

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

Nomenclature

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

  • retifer. Leptothorax exilis var. retifer Santschi, 1929e: 153 (w.) MOROCCO. Junior synonym of exilis: Baroni Urbani, 1971d: 1041; of obscurior: Cagniant & Espadaler, 1997: 272.

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