Leptothorax pictus

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Leptothorax pictus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax recedens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax pictus
Emery, 1924

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pictus. Leptothorax (Temnothorax) pictus Emery, 1924c: 166 (w.) SPAIN. Junior synonym of recedens: Collingwood, 1978: 69.

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