Leptothorax taylori

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Leptothorax taylori
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paratopula ceylonica)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Paratopula
Species: Leptothorax taylori
Forel, 1902

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

Nomenclature

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

  • taylori. Leptothorax taylori Forel, 1902c: 228 (w.q.) INDIA. Combination in Atopula: Forel, 1913f: 197; in Leptothorax: Forel, 1916: 459. Subspecies of ceylonica: Forel, 1913f: 197. Junior synonym of ceylonica: Bolton, 1988b: 138.

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