Formica foveolata

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Formica foveolata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus piceus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica foveolata
Mayr, 1853

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

Nomenclature

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

  • foveolata. Formica foveolata Mayr, 1853c: 277 (w.q.m.) HUNGARY.
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 1.
    • Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Forel, 1915d: 72.
    • Junior synonym of lateralis: Mayr, 1855: 322; Nylander, 1856b: 58.
    • Revived from synonymy as subspecies of lateralis: Forel, 1874: 40; Forel, 1892i: 306.
    • Senior synonym of ebeninus: Forel, 1874: 40; Forel, 1879a: 94.
    • Junior synonym of merulus: Emery, 1896d: 373; Emery, 1916b: 226.
    • Junior synonym of piceus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 238; Ruzsky, 1905b: 255; Kutter, 1977c: 207; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 222; Seifert, 2019: 28.

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