Formica curvidentata

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Formica curvidentata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Eciton hamatum)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Eciton
Species: Formica curvidentata
Latreille, 1802

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

Nomenclature

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

  • curvidentata. Formica curvidentata Latreille, 1802c: 269, pl. 8, fig. 55 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Combination in Eciton: Lepeletier, 1835: 179. Junior synonym of hamatum: Smith, F. 1858b: 148.

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