Formica pilosa

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Formica pilosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus fulvopilosus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica pilosa
Olivier, 1792

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

Nomenclature

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

  • pilosa. Formica pilosa Olivier, 1792: 498 (w.) SOUTH AFRICA. Junior synonym of fulvopilosus: Lepeletier, 1835: 213; Smith, F. 1858b: 32; Emery, 1896d: 376; Wheeler, W.M. 1922a: 985.

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