Leptothorax aculeatinodis

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Leptothorax aculeatinodis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Nesomyrmex echinatinodis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Nesomyrmex
Species: Leptothorax aculeatinodis
Emery, 1896

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aculeatinodis. Leptothorax (Goniothorax) aculeatinodis Emery, 1896g: 60 (w.) COSTA RICA. Subspecies of echinatinodis: Forel, 1899c: 55; Wheeler, W.M. 1921f: 158. Junior synonym of echinatinodis: Kempf, 1959c: 425.

References

  • Emery, C. 1896g. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. XVII-XXV. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 28: 33-107 (page 60, worker described)
  • Forel, A. 1899d. Formicidae. [part]. Biol. Cent.-Am. Hym. 3: 25-56 (page 55, Subspecies/race of echinatinodis)
  • Kempf, W. W. 1959d. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 391-432 (page 425, Junior synonym of echinatinodis)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1921f. The Tachigalia ants. Zoologica (N. Y.) 3: 137-168 (page 158, Subspecies/race of echinatinodis)