Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus basirufus

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Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus basirufus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptomyrmex rufithorax)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species: Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus basirufus
Wheeler, W.M., 1934

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

Nomenclature

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

  • basirufus. Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus subsp. basirufus Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 90 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Junior synonym of rufithorax: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 53.

References

  • Wheeler, W. M. 1934c. A second revision of the ants of the genus Leptomyrmex Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 77: 69-118 (page 90, worker described)