Leptothorax mordax

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Leptothorax mordax
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax recedens)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax mordax
Santschi, 1919

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

Nomenclature

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

  • mordax. Leptothorax (Temnothorax) mordax Santschi, 1919e: 242 (q.) SPAIN. Junior synonym of recedens: Dlussky & Soyunov, 1988: 31.

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