Temnothorax ocellatus

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Temnothorax ocellatus (Mackay, 2000) junior synonym of current valid taxon Temnothorax andrei (Emery, 1895)

Leptothorax (Myrafant) ocellatus Mackay, 2000: 383, figs. 19, 143-145 (w.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Tehama County, 5 mi. W Mineral, 4250 ft, 6.xii.1987 (D. Chandler). Primary type depository: MCZC.

Combination in Temnothorax: Bolton, 2003: 272
Status as species: Bolton, 2003: 272.
Junior synonym of Temnothorax andrei: Ward, 2005: 15; Snelling et al., 2014: 38.

Obsolete combinations

Leptothorax ocellatus

Citations

Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. 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
Snelling, R. R.; Borowiec, M. L.; Prebus, M. M. 2014. Studies on California ants: a review of the genus Temnothorax (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 372:27-89. PDF
Ward, P. S. 2005. A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936:1-68. PDF

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