Leptothorax tristani

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Leptothorax tristani
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Nesomyrmex asper)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Nesomyrmex
Species: Leptothorax tristani
Emery, 1896

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tristani. Leptothorax (Goniothorax) tristani Emery, 1896g: 61 (w.q.) COSTA RICA. Combination in L. (Nesomyrmex): Kempf, 1959c: 415; in Nesomyrmex: Bolton, 2003: 272. Junior synonym of asper: Longino, 2006b: 136.

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