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Leptothorax ambiguus pinetorum
| Leptothorax ambiguus pinetorum | |
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| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax ambiguus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | Leptothorax ambiguus pinetorum Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G., 1940
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This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax ambiguus.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pinetorum. Leptothorax ambiguus var. pinetorum Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G., 1940: 97 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.
- Combination in L. (Myrafant): Smith, D.R. 1979: 1392.
- Subspecies of ambiguus: Creighton, 1950a: 263; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1392; Bolton, 1995b: 243.
- Junior synonym of ambiguus: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 20.
References
- Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 263, Subspecies of ambiguus)
- Shattuck, S.O., Cover, S. 2016. Taxonomy of some little-understood North American ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4175: 10–22 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.2).
- Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V., Hurd, P. D., Smith, D. R., Burks, B. D. (eds.) Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Pr (page 1392, Combination in L. (Myrafant))
- Wesson, L. G.; Wesson, R. G. 1940. A collection an ants from southcentral Ohio. Am. Midl. Nat. 24: 89-103 (page 97, worker, queen, male described)