Leptothorax tamarae

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Leptothorax tamarae
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Temnothorax georgicus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax tamarae
Radchenko, 1994

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Temnothorax georgicus.

Nomenclature

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

  • tamarae. Leptothorax tamarae Radchenko, 1994i: 23, fig. 1 (w.) GEORGIA. [Junior secondary homonym of tamarae Arnol'di, 1968: 1811.] Replacement name: georgicus Ward et al., 2014: 15. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271; in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2014: 15. See also: Radchenko, 1994d: 150.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
  • Radchenko, A. G. 1994c [1993]. New species of ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from southern and eastern Palearctic. Zh. Ukr. Entomol. Tov. 2(2 2: 23-34 (page 23, fig. 1 worker described)
  • Radchenko, A. G. 1994e. Identification table for ants of the genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from central and eastern Palearctic. Zool. Zh. 73(7-8 8: 146-158 (page 150, see also)
  • Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).