Leptothorax wheeleri

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Leptothorax wheeleri
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Temnothorax smithi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: Leptothorax wheeleri
Smith, M.R., 1929

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Temnothorax smithi.

Nomenclature

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

  • wheeleri. Leptothorax wheeleri Smith, M.R. 1929: 547, fig. 1 (w.q.) U.S.A. Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1989a: 323 (l.). Combination in L. (Myrafant): Smith, D.R. 1979: 1395. [Junior secondary homonym of wheeleri Mann, above.] Replacement name: smithi Baroni Urbani, 1978b: 557.

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