Formica ferruginea Fabricius

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Formica ferruginea
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus chromaiodes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica ferruginea
Fabricius, 1798

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus chromaiodes.

Nomenclature

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

  • ferruginea. Formica ferruginea Fabricius, 1798: 279 (w.q.) U.S.A. (no state data, “Habitat in America”).
    • [Junior primary homonym of Formica ferruginea Christ, 1791: 512.]
    • Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 338 (s.m.).
    • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 6;
    • combination in C. (Camponotus): Emery, 1925b: 72.
    • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1879a: 56; Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1905f: 402; Wheeler, W.M. 1906b: 23; Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 338; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 571; Wheeler, W.M. 1916m: 601; Wheeler, W.M. 1917i: 466; Dennis, 1938: 301; Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G. 1940: 103; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 840.
    • Junior synonym of pennsylvanicus: Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1886d: 420.
    • Subspecies of pennsylvanicus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 247; Creighton, 1950a: 368.
    • Junior synonym of herculeanus: Cresson, 1887: 256.
    • Subspecies of herculeanus: Emery, 1925b: 72.
    • Status as species: Fabricius, 1804: 399; Smith, F. 1858b: 53; Mayr, 1863: 399; Brown, 1950d: 158; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 142; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 145; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1425; Wheeler, G.C., et al. 1994: 305.
    • Replacement name: Camponotus chromaiodes Bolton, 1995b: 92.

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