Leptothorax umbratilis

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Leptothorax umbratilis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Nesomyrmex spininodis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Nesomyrmex
Species: Leptothorax umbratilis
Wheeler, W.M., 1921

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

Nomenclature

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

  • umbratilis. Leptothorax (Goniothorax) umbratilis Wheeler, W.M. 1921f: 160 (w.q.) GUYANA. Junior synonym of spininodis: Kempf, 1959c: 427.

References

  • Kempf, W. W. 1959d. A synopsis of the New World species belonging to the Nesomyrmex-group of the ant genus Leptothorax Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 2: 391-432 (page 427, Junior synonym of spininodis)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1921f. The Tachigalia ants. Zoologica (N. Y.) 3: 137-168 (page 160, worker, queen described)