Myrmetaerus microcellatus

Myrmetaerus microcellatus
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax gordiagini)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Myrmetaerus microcellatus Soudek, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

• microcellatus. Myrmetaerus microcellatus Soudek, 1925a: 33, figs. 1-6 (w.q.) YUGOSLAVIA. [Also described as new by Soudek, 1925b: 14.] Provisional junior synonym of gordiagini: Buschinger, Winter & Faber, 1984: 336.

References

• Bezděčková, K., Bezděčka, P., Macek, J., Malenovský, I. 2017. Catalogue of type specimens of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) deposited in Czech museums. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57(1): 295-308 (doi:10.1515/aemnp-2017-0076).