Leptaleinae
Leptaleinae | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmecinae) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Pseudomyrmecinae |
Tribe: | Leptaleinae Smith, 1951 |
Type genus | |
Leptalea |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Pseudomyrmecinae.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- LEPTALEINAE [junior synonym of Pseudomyrmecinae]
- Leptaleinae Smith, M.R. 1951a: 788. Type-genus: Leptalea Erichson, 1839: 309 (junior synonym of Pseudomyrmex Lund, 1831b: 106).
Taxonomic History
- Leptaleinae as subfamily of Formicidae: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 788.
- Leptaleinae as junior synonym of Pseudomyrmecinae: Smith, M.R. 1958c: 112; subsequent authors. [Pseudomyrmecinae retains priority over Leptaleinae under Article 40.2 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (4th Edition), 1999: 46.]