Leptothorax tuberum tuberonigriceps

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Leptothorax tuberum tuberonigriceps
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax nigriceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax tuberum tuberonigriceps
Forel, 1874

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tuberonigriceps. Leptothorax tuberum var. tuberonigriceps Forel, 1874: 88 (w.q.m.) SWITZERLAND. Junior synonym of nigriceps: Plateaux & Cagniant, 2012: 428.

References

  • Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and Classification of Formicidae. Mem. Am. Entomol. Inst. 71: 370pp (page 271, Combination in Temnothorax)
  • Forel, A. 1874. Les fourmis de la Suisse. Systématique, notices anatomiques et physiologiques, architecture, distribution géographique, nouvelles expériences et observations de moeurs. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 26: 1-452 (page 88, worker, queen, male described)
  • Plateaux, L. & Cagniant, H. 2012. Quelques synonymies dans le genre Temnothorax Mayr, 1855 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France 117 (4), 427-440.