Formica fulvacea

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Formica fulvacea
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus atriceps)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica fulvacea
Norton, 1868

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

Nomenclature

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

  • fulvacea. Formica fulvacea Norton, 1868a: 60, pl. 2, fig. 1 (s.w.) MEXICO. Combination in Camponotus: Norton, 1868c: 2. Junior synonym of atriceps: Mayr, 1870a: 377; of esuriens: Forel, 1885a: 340. Revived from synonymy as subspecies of esuriens: Dalla Torre, 1893: 230. Junior synonym of atriceps: Hashmi, 1973: 82.

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