Leptothorax rugatulus brunnescens

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Leptothorax rugatulus brunnescens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax rugatulus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax rugatulus brunnescens
Wheeler, W.M., 1917

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

Nomenclature

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

  • brunnescens. Leptothorax rugatulus subsp. brunnescens Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 510 (w.) U.S.A. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955b: 25 (l.). Combination in L. (Myrafant): Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1955b: 25. Senior synonym of dakotensis: Creighton, 1950a: 269. Junior synonym of rugatulus: Mackay, 2000: 394.

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