Leptothorax pithyusae

Leptothorax pithyusae
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax tauricus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Leptothorax pithyusae Arnol'di, 1977

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

Nomenclature

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

• pithyusae. Leptothorax pithyusae Arnol'di, 1977a: 201 (w.q.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of tauricus: Radchenko, 1994d: 157 (in key); Radchenko, 1995c: 16.

References

• Arnol'di, K. V. 1977a. New and little known ant species of the genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the European USSR and the Caucasus. Entomol. Obozr. 56: 198-204.