Leptomyrmex fragilis femorata

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Leptomyrmex fragilis femorata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptomyrmex fragilis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species: Leptomyrmex fragilis femorata
Santschi, 1932

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

Nomenclature

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

  • femorata. Leptomyrmex fragilis var. femorata Santschi, 1932b: 17, fig. 3 (w.) NEW GUINEA. Subspecies of fragilis: Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 113. Junior synonym of fragilis: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 34.

References

  • Santschi, F. 1932d. Résultats scientifiques du voyage aux Indes orientales néerlandaises de LL. AA. RR. le Prince et la Princesse Léopold de Belgique. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Mém. Mus. R. Hist. Nat. Belg. 4: 11-29 (page 17, fig. 3 worker described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934c. A second revision of the ants of the genus Leptomyrmex Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 69-118 (page 113, Subspecies of fragilis)