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Leptothoracini
| Leptothoracini | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Crematogastrini) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Leptothoracini Emery, 1914 |
| Type genus | |
| Leptothorax | |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Crematogastrini.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- LEPTOTHORACINI [junior synonym of Crematogastrini]
- Leptothoracini Emery, 1914a: 38 (diagnosis in key). Type-genus: Leptothorax Mayr, 1855: 431.
Taxonomic History
- Leptothoracini as tribe of Myrmicinae: Emery, 1914a: 38; Arnold, 1916: 257; Forel, 1917: 244; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 659; Emery, 1924d: 244; subsequent authors.
- Leptothoracini as senior synonym of Cardiocondylini: Bolton, 1982: 311 (in text).
- Leptothoracini as junior synonym of Formicoxenini: Bolton, 1994: 105.
- Leptothoracini as junior synonym of Crematogastrini: Ward, et al. 2015: 77.