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Formica pusilla
| Formica pusilla | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. pusilla |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica pusilla De Geer, 1773 | |
Identification
Distribution
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- pusilla. Formica pusilla De Geer, 1773: 612, pl. 31, figs. 23, 24 (w.) SURINAM. Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 202. [Latreille, 1802c: 263, gives pusilla as a senior synonym of nana Latreille, but the latter is also unrecognisable. Similarly Retzius, 1783: 76, gives pusilla as a junior synonym of omnivora, another unidentifiable name.] Junior synonym of omnivora: Botlon, unpublished.
Description
References
- De Geer, C. 1773. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Tome troisième. Stockholm: Pierre Hesselberg, 696 pp. (page 612, pl. 31, figs. 23, 24 worker described)