Leptothorax rabaudi

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Leptothorax rabaudi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax aveli)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax rabaudi
Bondroit, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rabaudi. Leptothorax rabaudi Bondroit, 1918: 129, fig. 64 (w.q.) FRANCE. Bernard, 1967: 210 (m.). Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 271. Subspecies of affinis: Menozzi, 1925d: 28; Finzi, 1933: 164. Status as species: Bernard, 1956a: 163; Bernard, 1967: 210; Collingwood, 1976: 304. Senior synonym of curvithorax: Bernard, 1967: 210. Junior synonym of aveli: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 494; Plateaux & Cagniant, 2012: 430.

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