Melophorus sauberi

Melophorus sauberi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasiophanes picinus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Melophorini
Genus:	Lasiophanes
Species:	Melophorus sauberi; Forel, 1903

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

Nomenclature

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

sauberi. Melophorus sauberi Forel, 1903c: 266 (w.) CHILE. Forel, 1904g: 4 (q.m.). [Also described as new by Forel, 1904g: 4.] Combination in M. (Lasiophanes): Bruch, 1914: 230; in Lasiophanes: Wheeler, W.M. 1935c: 70. Junior synonym of picinus: Kusnezov, 1952c: 92.