Leptothorax berlandi

Leptothorax berlandi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax unifasciatus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Leptothorax berlandi Bondroit, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

• berlandi. Leptothorax berlandi Bondroit, 1918: 130 (w.) FRANCE.
  • Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
  • Type-locality: France: Provence, Esterel (L. Berland).
  • Type-depository: ISNB.
  • Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271.
  • Junior synonym of rabaudi: Bernard, 1956a: 163; Bernard, 1967: 210.
  • Status as species: Emery, 1924d: 253; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969: 72; Collingwood, 1978: 85 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 236; Espadaler, 1997b: 30; Bolton, 2003: 271.
  • Junior synonym of aveli: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 4494; Plateaux & Cagniant, 2013: 430.
  • Junior synonym of unifasciatus: Csosz et al., 2024: 11.

References

• Csősz, S., Alicata, A., Báthori, F., Galkowski, C., Schifani, E., Yusupov, Z., Herczeg, G., Prebus, M.M. 2024. Integrative taxonomy reveals inflated biodiversity in the European Temnothorax unifasciatus complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoologica Scripta 2024;00:1–17 (doi:10.1111/zsc.12690).
• Plateaux, L. & Cagniant, H. 2012. Quelques synonymies dans le genre Temnothorax Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 117 (4), 427-440.