Leptothorax tuberoaffinis

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Leptothorax tuberoaffinis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax interruptus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax tuberoaffinis
Bondroit, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tuberoaffinis. Leptothorax tuberoaffinis Bondroit, 1918: 131 (w.q.) SWITZERLAND. [First available use of Leptothorax tuberum var. tuberoaffinis Forel, 1874: 86. Nomen nudum. Leptothorax tuberum r. affinis var. tuberoaffinis Forel, 1915d: 23 (in key); unavailable name.] Subspecies of affinis: Stitz, 1939: 174; Novak & Sadil, 1941: 92. Junior synonym of affinis: Kutter, 1977c: 14; of interruptus: Plateaux & Cagniant, 2012: 429.

References

  • Plateaux, L. & Cagniant, H. 2012. Quelques synonymies dans le genre Temnothorax Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 117 (4), 427-440.