Leptothorax balchashensis

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Leptothorax balchashensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax melleus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax balchashensis
Arnol'di, 1971

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

Nomenclature

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

  • balchashensis. Leptothorax balchashensis Arnol'di, 1971: 1822, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. Junior synonym of melleus: Radchenko, 1995a: 26.

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