Crematogaster minutissima thoracica

Crematogaster minutissima thoracica
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Crematogaster minutissima smithi, now Crematogaster missouriensis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Crematogaster
Species:	Crematogaster minutissima thoracica Creighton, 1939

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Crematogaster minutissima smithi, now Crematogaster missouriensis.

Nomenclature

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

• thoracica. Crematogaster (Orthocrema) minutissima subsp. thoracica Creighton, 1939b: 138 (w.) U.S.A. (Arizona).
  • Type-material: holotype worker, paratype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: holotype U.S.A.: Arizona, Huachuca Mts, Miller Canyon, 6000 ft (W.M. Mann); paratypes with same data.
  • Type-depositories: MCZC (holotype); AMNH, LACM, MCZC (paratypes).
  • [Junior primary homonym of Crematogaster (Atopogyne) africana st. thoracica Santschi, 1921c: 118.]
  • Replacement name: Crematogaster (Orthocrema) minutissima subsp. smithi Creighton, 1950a: 205.

References

• Creighton, W. S. 1939b. A new subspecies of Crematogaster minutissima with revisionary notes concerning that species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 46: 137-140. (page 138, worker described)
• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 205, Replacement name: smithi)