Crematogaster laeviceps broomensis

Crematogaster laeviceps broomensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogaster laeviceps)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	Crematogaster laeviceps broomensis Forel, 1915

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

Nomenclature

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

• broomensis. Crematogaster leviceps var. broomensis Forel, 1915b: 56 (w.) AUSTRALIA (Western Australia).
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: Australia: NW Australia, Broome (E. Mjöberg).
  • Type-depository: MHNG (perhaps also in NHRS).
  • Subspecies of laeviceps: Taylor & Brown, 1985: 61; Taylor, 1987a: 23; Bolton, 1995b: 149.
  • Distribution: Australia.

References

• Forel, A. 1915b. Results of Dr. E. Mjöbergs Swedish Scientific Expeditions to Australia 1910-13. 2. Ameisen. Ark. Zool. 9(1 16: 1-119 (page 56, worker described)
• Heterick, B.E. 2021. A guide to the ants of Western Australia. Part I: Systematics. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 86, 1-245 (doi:10.18195/issn.0313-122x.86.2021.001-245).
• Taylor, R. W.; Brown, D. R. 1985. Formicoidea. Zool. Cat. Aust. 2:1- 149: 1-149, 30 (page 61, Subspecies of laeviceps)