Formica pubescens Brullé

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Formica pubescens
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus feae)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica pubescens
Brullé, 1840

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus feae.

Nomenclature

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

  • pubescens. Formica pubescens Brullé, 1840: 84 (w.) SPAIN (Canary Is).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Formica pubescens Fabricius, 1775: 392.]
    • Subspecies of micans: Emery & Forel, 1879: 447.
    • Junior synonym of micans: André, 1874: 201 (in list).
    • Junior synonym of rufoglaucus: Forel, 1892j: 237.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus feae Emery, 1882: 449.
    • [Note: feae junior synonym of pubescens Brullé (synonymy by Emery, 1893c: 88); hence feae first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 118).]

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