Leptothorax foveata

Leptothorax foveata
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 foveata Smith, M.R., 1934

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.

• foveata. Leptothorax foveata Smith, M.R. 1934b: 211 (w.) U.S.A.
  • Combination in L. (Myrafant): Smith, D.R. 1979: 1392.
  • Status as species: Smith, M.R. 1951a: 818.
  • Subspecies of ambiguus: Creighton, 1950a: 263; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1392; Bolton, 1995b: 238.
  • 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))
• Smith, M. R. 1934f. Two new North American ants. Psyche (Camb.) 41: 211-213.