Leptothorax melanderi

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Leptothorax melanderi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax nevadensis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax melanderi
Wheeler, W.M., 1909

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

Nomenclature

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

  • melanderi. Leptothorax melanderi Wheeler, W.M. 1909e: 81 (w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of nevadensis: Creighton, 1950a: 266. Junior synonym of nevadensis: Mackay, 2000: 376.

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