Leptothorax tirolensis

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Leptothorax tirolensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax affinis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax tirolensis
Gredler, 1858

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tirolensis. Leptothorax tirolensis Gredler, 1858: 26 (w.) AUSTRIA. Subspecies of tuberum: Emery & Forel, 1879: 459. Status as species: André, 1883a: 297; Dalla Torre, 1893: 127. Junior synonym of affinis: Emery, 1914d: 158 (footnote).

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