Leptothorax ocellatus

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Leptothorax ocellatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax andrei)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax ocellatus
Mackay, 2000

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ocellatus. Leptothorax (Myrafant) ocellatus Mackay, 2000: 383, figs. 19, 143-145 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272. Junior synonym of andrei: Ward, 2005: 15.

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