Leptothorax massiliensis
Leptothorax massiliensis | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax racovitzai) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Temnothorax |
Species: | Leptothorax massiliensis Bondroit, 1918 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax racovitzai.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- massiliensis. Leptothorax massiliensis Bondroit, 1918: 133 (w.) FRANCE. Bernard, 1967: 209 (q.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Junior synonym of racovitzai: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 496; Seifert, Csösz & Schulz, 2014: 51.
References
- Casevitz-Weulersse, J. & Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des Fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 114(4), 475‑510.
- Seifert, B., Csösz, S. & Schulz, A. 2014. NC-Clustering demonstrates heterospecificity of the cryptic ant species Temnothorax luteus (Forel, 1874) and T. racovitzai (Bondroit, 1918) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Contributions to Entomology 64, 47-57.