Leptothorax rugatulus cockerelli

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Leptothorax rugatulus cockerelli
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 cockerelli
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.

  • cockerelli. Leptothorax rugatulus var. cockerelli Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 509 (w.q.) U.S.A. [First available use of Leptothorax curvispinosus subsp. rugatulus var. cockerelli Wheeler, W.M. 1903c: 241; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of rugatulus: Creighton, 1950a: 269.

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