Formica nodosa

Formica nodosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Gnamptogenys mordax)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Ectatomminae
Tribe:	Ectatommini
Genus:	Gnamptogenys
Species:	Formica nodosa; Latreille, 1802

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

Nomenclature

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

nodosa. Formica nodosa Latreille, 1802c: 217, pl. 8, fig. 48 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Combination in Gnamptogenys: Mayr, 1866b: 892 (in text); in Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys): Dalla Torre, 1893: 25. Subspecies of mordax: Emery, 1896g: 50. Junior synonym of mordax: Brown, 1958g: 228.