Leptothorax foveata

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Leptothorax foveata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax ambiguus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax foveata
Smith, M.R., 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • foveata. Leptothorax foveata Smith, M.R. 1934b: 211 (w.) U.S.A.
    • Combination in L. (Myrafant): Smith, D.R. 1979: 1392.
    • Status as species: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 818.
    • Subspecies of ambiguus: Creighton, 1950a: 263; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1392; Bolton, 1995b: 238.
    • Junior synonym of ambiguus: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 20.

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