Leptothorax rottenbergi jesus

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Leptothorax rottenbergi jesus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax semiruber)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax rottenbergi jesus
Forel, 1913

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Specimen Label

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

Nomenclature

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

  • jesus. Leptothorax rottenbergi var. jesus Forel, 1913d: 432 (w.) ISRAEL.
    • Subspecies of rottenbergi: Emery, 1924d: 252; Menozzi, 1933b: 68 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 240; Vonshak, et al. 2009: 44; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 26.
    • Status as species: Kugler, J. 1988: 257; Tohmé, G. & Tohmé, 2014: 136.
    • Junior synonym of semiruber: Salata, Borowiec & Trichas, 2018: 796.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
  • Forel, A. 1913d. Fourmis de la faune méditerranéenne récoltées par MM. U. et J. Sahlberg. Rev. Suisse Zool. 21: 427-438 (page 432, worker described)