Leptothorax nigriceps pyrenaeus

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Leptothorax nigriceps pyrenaeus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax tuberum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax nigriceps pyrenaeus
Bondroit, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pyrenaeus. Leptothorax nigriceps var. pyrenaeus Bondroit, 1918: 126 (w.q.) FRANCE.
    • Status as species: Bondroit, 1920b: 304; Borowiec, L. 2014: 187 (error).
    • Subspecies of nigriceps: Bolton, 1995b: 243.
    • Junior synonym of tuberum: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 496.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
  • Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. 87: 1-174 (page 126, worker, queen described)