Formica longipes Gerstäcker

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Formica longipes
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus etiolipes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica longipes
Gerstäcker, 1859

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus etiolipes.

Nomenclature

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

  • longipes. Formica longipes Gerstäcker, 1859: 262 (w.) MOZAMBIQUE. [Junior primary homonym of Formica longipes Latreille, 1802c: 233 (now in Pheidole).] [Also described as new by Gerstäcker, 1862: 509.] Replacement name: Camponotus etiolipes Bolton, 1995b: 98. Forel, 1886f: 164 (s.); Forel, 1907g: 91 (m.). Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2; in Tanaemyrmex: Ashmead, 1905b: 384; in C. (Myrmogigas): Forel, 1912i: 91; in C. (Dinomyrmex): Forel, 1913b: 340; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 86.

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