Leptothorax nitens
Emery, 1895
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax nitens (Emery, 1895)
Leptothorax (Leptothorax) nitens
Emery, 1895d:
322, pl. 8, fig. 16 (w.)
U.S.A. (Utah).
Nearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Utah, American Fork Cañon (Pergande). Primary type depository: USNM.
Type notes:
Mackay, 2000: 379, identified the holotype, now consisting only of the mesosoma, in USNM; confirmed by Ward, 2005: 17.
Citations
- Emery, C. 1895d. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna. (Schluss). Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Geographie und Biologie der Tiere 8:257-360. PDF
- Mackay, W. P. 2000. A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Sociobiology 36:265-444. PDF
- Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF
Extant: 0 valid subspecies (3 obsolete combinations)
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
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