Leptothorax emersoni

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Leptothorax emersoni
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formicoxenus provancheri)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Formicoxenus
Species: Leptothorax emersoni
Wheeler, W.M., 1901

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

Nomenclature

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

  • emersoni. Leptothorax emersoni Wheeler, W.M. 1901a: 433, figs. 2, 3 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. Combination in L. (Mychothorax): Emery, 1924d: 261. Junior synonym of provancheri: Creighton, 1950a: 279. See also: Wheeler, W.M. 1903c: 230.

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