Leptothorax balchashensis

Leptothorax balchashensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax melleus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Leptothorax balchashensis Arnol'di, 1971

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

Nomenclature

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

• balchashensis. Leptothorax balchashensis Arnol'di, 1971: 1822, fig. 2 (w.q.m.) KAZAKHSTAN. Junior synonym of melleus: Radchenko, 1995a: 26.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1971. New species and a review of the ant genus Leptothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Kazakstan plain. Zool. Zh. 5 50: 1818-1826.