Leptothorax tennesseensis

Leptothorax tennesseensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Pheidole dentata)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Attini
Genus:	Pheidole
Species:	Leptothorax tennesseensis Cole, 1938

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

Nomenclature

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

• tennesseensis. Leptothorax tennesseensis Cole, 1938a: 238, fig. 1 (w.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of commutata: Cole, 1948: 82.

References

• Cole, A. C., Jr. 1938a. Suggestions concerning taxonomic nomenclature of the hymenopterous family Formicidae, and descriptions of three new ants. Am. Midl. Nat. 19: 236-241.