Protonym: Leptothorax nitens var. mariposa
Authorship Wheeler, 1917a: 507
Forms w.
Bioregion Nearctic
Locality U.S.A. (California)
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype workers (numbers not stated, “several”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Yosemite Valley, Tenaya Canyon, 1915 (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Leptothorax nitens mariposa Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Temnothorax mariposa (Wheeler, 1917)
Original combination
Temnothorax mariposa Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Temnothorax nitens (Emery, 1895)