Formica lapidum

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Formica lapidum
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Messor structor)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Stenammini
Genus: Messor
Species: Formica lapidum
Fabricius, 1804

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

Nomenclature

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

  • lapidum. Formica lapidum Fabricius, 1804: 407 (w.) AUSTRIA. Junior synonym of structor: Nylander, 1856b: 85.

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