Liometopum escamole

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Liometopum escamole (Reza, 1925) junior synonym of current valid taxon Liometopum apiculatum Mayr, 1870

Lasius escamole Reza, 1925: 12, figs. 1-14 (w.q.m.l.) MEXICO (Hidalgo, Mexico). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type localities: Mexico: Hidalgo, Zampoala Dist., hacienda de Tochatlaco (A. Reza), Mexico: Mexico, Tlalnepantia (A. Reza). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: Name is spelled Lasius eskamole in title, Reza, 1925: 1.

Combination in Liometopum: Boudinot et al., 2022: 135.
Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Lasius: Wilson, 1955a: 192.
[Note: Wilson, 1955a: 192, comments that this is not a Lasius, but its correct generic combination cannot be ascertained.]
Junior synonym of Liometopum apiculatum: Boudinot et al., 2022: 135.

Obsolete combinations

Lasius escamole

Citations

Boudinot, B. E.; Borowiec, M. L.; Prebus, M. M. 2022. Phylogeny, evolution, and classification of the ant genus Lasius, the tribe Lasiini and the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Systematic Entomology 47:113-151. 10.1111/syen.12522 PDF
Reza, A. 1925. Recursos alimentícios de México de origen animal poco conocidos. Memorias y Revista de la Sociedad Científica "Antonio Alzate" 44:1-22. PDF
Wilson, E. O. 1955a. A monographic revision of the ant genus Lasius. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 113:1-201. PDF

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