Leptomyrmex wiburdi pictus

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Leptomyrmex wiburdi pictus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptomyrmex wiburdi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species: Leptomyrmex wiburdi pictus
Wheeler, W.M., 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pictus. Leptomyrmex wiburdi var. pictus Wheeler, W.M. 1915d: 273 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1966: 728 (l.). Subspecies of wiburdi: Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 101. Junior synonym of wiburdi: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 60.

References

  • Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1966. Ant larva of the subfamily Dolichoderinae: supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 59: 726-732 (page 728, larva described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1915e. The Australian honey-ants of the genus Leptomyrmex Mayr. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 51: 255-286 (page 273, 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 101, subspecies of wiburdi)