Lasius brevicornis microps

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Lasius brevicornis microps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius brevicornis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: Lasius brevicornis microps
Wheeler, W.M., 1917

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

Nomenclature

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

  • microps. Lasius (Formicina) brevicornis var. microps Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 526 (w.) U.S.A.
    • Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953c: 152 (l.).
    • Combination in L. (Chthonolasius): Creighton, 1950a: 422.
    • Subspecies of brevicornis: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, E.W. 1944: 253
    • Subspecies of flavus: Creighton, 1950a: 422.
    • Junior synonym of flavus: Wilson, 1955a: 112.
    • Junior synonym of brevicornis: Schar et al., 2018: 6.

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