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Leptothorax tuberum unifasciatointerruptus
| Leptothorax tuberum unifasciatointerruptus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax unifasciatus) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Temnothorax |
| Species: | Leptothorax tuberum unifasciatointerruptus Forel, 1874 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Temnothorax unifasciatus.
Plateaux, L. & Cagniant, H. 2012: 436: We conclude from all these observations that Leptothorax unifasciatointerruptus is a hybrid of Temnothorax unifasciatus and Temnothorax albipennis. Hybridization works in both directions, parents may be alternately of the two species, and males are from the parthenogenetic egg of the queen mother. Note that both species exist also in places (especially in Luberon and Ventoux) where the where the form was found. We therefore ask: T. albipennis x T. unifasciatus = L. tuberum unifasciatointerruptus Forel.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- unifasciatointerruptus. Leptothorax tuberum var. unifasciatointerruptus Forel, 1874: 86 (m.) SWITZERLAND. Subspecies of unifasciatus: Bondroit, 1918: 131. Junior synonym of unifasciatus: Kutter, 1977c: 14.
References
- 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.