Formicina belgarum

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Formicina belgarum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius umbratus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: Formicina belgarum
Bondroit, 1918

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

Nomenclature

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

  • belgarum. Formicina belgarum Bondroit, 1918: 31, fig. 17 (w.q.) BELGIUM. Combination in Lasius (Chthonolasius): Emery, 1925b: 234. Subspecies of umbratus: Stärcke, 1937: 57; of mixtus: Stitz, 1939: 299. Junior synonym of umbratus: Wilson, 1955a: 151; Seifert, 1988: 150.

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