Formica testaceipes Smith, F.

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Formica testaceipes
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus terebrans)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica testaceipes
Smith, F., 1858

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

Nomenclature

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

  • testaceipes. Formica testaceipes Smith, F. 1858b: 39 (w.) AUSTRALIA. [Junior primary homonym of Formica testaceipes Leach, 1825: 290.] Mayr, 1862: 662 (q.); Forel, 1902h: 494 (s.m.). Combination in Camponotus: Mayr, 1862: 662; in C. (Myrmophyma): Forel, 1914a: 269; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 102. Senior synonym of terebrans: Mayr, 1876: 65 (hence terebrans first available replacement name and valid name of taxon: Bolton, 1995b: 126). Senior synonym of rottnesti: Brown, 1956a: 39.

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