Leptomyrmex froggatti

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Leptomyrmex froggatti
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Leptomyrmex erythrocephalus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Leptomyrmecini
Genus: Leptomyrmex
Species: Leptomyrmex froggatti
Forel, 1910

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

Nomenclature

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

  • froggatti. Leptomyrmex froggatti Forel, 1910b: 57 (w.m.) AUSTRALIA. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1934c: 101. Junior synonym of erythrocephalus: Lucky & Ward, 2010: 30.

References

  • Forel, A. 1910b. Formicides australiens reçus de MM. Froggatt et Rowland Turner. Rev. Suisse Zool. 18: 1-94 (page 57, worker, male described)
  • 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 101, see also)