Leonomyrma

Leonomyrma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Leonomyrma; Arnol'di, 1968
Type species
	Leonomyrma spinosa, now Temnothorax sentosus;

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

Nomenclature

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

LEONOMYRMA [junior synonym of Chalepoxenus]
- Leonomyrma Arnol'di, 1968: 1809. Type-species: Leonomyrma spinosa, by original designation.
- Leonomyrma junior synonym of Chalepoxenus: Buschinger, 1987: 117.

Arnol'di, K. V. 1968b. Important additions to the myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR, and descriptions of new forms. Zool. Zh. 4 47: 1800-1822 (page 1809, Leonomyrma as genus)
Arnol'di, K. V.; Dlussky, G. M. 1978. Superfam. Formicoidea. 1. Fam. Formicidae - ants. Pp. 519-556 in: Medvedev, G. S. (ed.) Keys to the insects of the European part of the USSR. Vol. 3. Hymenoptera. Part 1. Opredeliteli Faune SSSR 119:3-584. (page 544, Leonomyrma as genus)
Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 245, Leonomyrma as junior synonym of Chalepoxenus)
Brown, W. L., Jr. 1973b. A comparison of the Hylean and Congo-West African rain forest ant faunas. Pp. 161-185 in: Meggers, B. J., Ayensu, E. S., Duckworth, W. D. (eds.) Tropical forest ecosystems in Africa and South America: a comparative review. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, viii + 350 pp. (page 181, Leonomyrma as junior synonym of Leptothorax [provisional])
Buschinger, A. 1987b. Synonymy of Leonomyrma Arnoldi 1968 with Chalepoxenus Menozzi 1922 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 94: 117-126 (page 117, Leonomyrma as junior synonym of Chalepoxenus)