Leptothorax petiolatus

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Leptothorax petiolatus
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Temnothorax augusti)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax petiolatus
Forel, 1901

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Temnothorax augusti.

Nomenclature

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

  • petiolatus. Leptothorax petiolatus Forel, 1901c: 129 (w.) MEXICO. Wheeler, W.M. 1931b: 13 (q.). Combination in Macromischa: Emery, 1924d: 247. [Junior primary homonym of †petiolata Mayr, 1868c: 85, above.] Replacement name: foreli Aguayo, 1931: 182.

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