Formica maxillosa De Geer

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Formica maxillosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Odontomachus haematodus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Odontomachus
Species: Formica maxillosa
De Geer, 1773

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

Nomenclature

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

  • maxillosa. Formica maxillosa De Geer, 1773: 601, pl. 31, figs. 3-5 (q.) SURINAM. Junior synonym of haematodus: Retzius, 1783: 75; Olivier, 1792: 502; Latreille, 1802c: 192.

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