Leonomyrma spinosa

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Leonomyrma spinosa
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Temnothorax sentosus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leonomyrma spinosa
Arnol'di, 1968

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Temnothorax sentosus.

Nomenclature

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

  • spinosus. Leonomyrma spinosa Arnol'di, 1968: 1809, figs. 9, 10 (q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. [Junior secondary homonym of spinosus Forel, 1909e: 377.] Combination in Chalepoxenus: Buschinger, 1987: 121; in Temnothorax: Ward et al., 2014: 15. Replacement name: sentosus Ward et al., 2014: 15.

References

  • 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, figs. 9, 10 queen, male described)
  • Buschinger, A. 1987b. Synonymy of Leonomyrma Arnoldi 1968 with Chalepoxenus Menozzi 1922 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 94: 117-126 (page 121, Combination in Chalepoxenus)
  • Ward, P.S., Brady, S.G., Fisher, B.L., Schultz, T.R. 2015. The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 40: 61–81 (doi:10.1111/syen.12090).