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Formica minor pratensoides
| Formica minor pratensoides | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica pratensis) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica minor pratensoides Gösswald, 1951 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica pratensis.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pratensoides. Formica minor subsp. pratensoides Gösswald, 1951: 436 (w.q.m.) GERMANY. Junior synonym of nigricans: Yarrow, 1955a: 4. [Revived from synonymy: Gösswald, 1989: 20; returned to synonymy: Bolton, 1995b: 201.]
References
- Gösswald, K. 1951a. Zur Biologie, Ökologie und Morphologie einer neuen Varietät der Kleinen Roten Waldameise: Formica minor pratensoides. Z. Angew. Entomol. 32: 433-457 (page 436, worker, queen, male described)
- Yarrow, I. H. H. 1955a. The British ants allied to Formica rufa L. (Hym., Formicidae). Trans. Soc. Br. Entomol. 12: 1-48 (page 4, Junior synonym of nigricans)