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Formica merula
| Formica merula | |
|---|---|
| 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 merula Losana, 1834 |
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.
- merula. Formica merula Losana, 1834: 313, pl.36, fig. 2 (w.) ITALY.
- Bondroit, 1918: 77 (s.q.m.).
- Combination in Camponotus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 238.
- Combination in C. (Orthonotomyrmex): Müller, 1923: 162.
- Combination in C. (Myrmentoma): Emery, 1925b: 120.
- Junior synonym of piceus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 238; Ruzsky, 1905b: 255; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 194; Kutter, 1977c: 207.
- Subspecies of lateralis: Emery, 1896d: 373; Emery, 1898c: 125; Ruzsky, 1902d: 7; Emery, 1916b: 226; Ruzsky, 1925b: 42.
- Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 77; Müller, 1923: 162; Novak & Sadil, 1941: 109; Bernard, 1967: 344; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 552.
- Junior synonym of piceus: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 222.
- Junior synonym of lateralis: Seifert, 2019: 17.