Leptothorax asper rufa

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Leptothorax asper rufa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Nesomyrmex asper)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Nesomyrmex
Species: Leptothorax asper rufa
Emery, 1896

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rufa. Leptothorax (Goniothorax) asper var. rufa Emery, 1896g: 61 (w.q.) BRAZIL. Junior synonym of asper: Kempf, 1959c: 414.

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