Formica fusca argentata

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Formica fusca argentata
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Formica argentea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica fusca argentata
Wheeler, W.M., 1902

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Formica argentea.

Nomenclature

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

  • argentata. Formica fusca var. argentata Wheeler, W.M. 1902e: 952 (footnote) (w.) U.S.A. [Junior primary homonym of argentata Fabricius, above.] Replacement name: argentea Wheeler, W.M. 1912c: 90.

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