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Formica hemipsila
| Formica hemipsila | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus lateralis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | Formica hemipsila Foerster, 1850 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus lateralis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- hemipsila. Formica hemipsila Foerster, 1850b: 492 (q.) ALGERIA.
- Status as species: Mayr, 1863: 416; Dalla Torre, 1893: 233.
- Subspecies of maculatus: Emery, 1891b: 20; Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 233, 241 (footnote).
- Junior synonym of lateralis: Forel, 1894d: 5.
Taxonomic Notes
This taxon was described on the basis of a gyne from Alger/Algeria. Types most certainly do not exist. The description ‘Kopf...Mittelleib roth...nur Mittelbrust und Schildchen ganz schwarz’ may suggest a Camponotus related to the C. lateralis group (Seifert, 2019).