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Formica opacus
| Formica opacus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Formica kupyanskayae) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica opacus Kupyanskaya, 1980 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Formica kupyanskayae.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- opacus. Formica opacus Kupyanskaya, 1980: 106, figs. 21-25 (w.q.m.) RUSSIA. [Junior primary homonym of opaca Nylander, 1856b: 55, above.] Replacement name: kupyanskayae Bolton, 1995b: 197. See also: Kupyanskaya, 1990: 199.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 197, Replacement name: kupyanskayae)
- Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1980. Ants of the genus Formica Linnaeus (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the Soviet Far East. Pp. 95-108 in: Ler, P. A. (ed.) Taxonomy of insects of the Far East. Vladivostok: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 120 pp. (page 106, figs. 21-25 worker, queen, male described)
- Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1990a. Ants of the Far Eastern USSR. Vladivostok: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 258 pp. (page 199, see also)