Formila chevrolatii

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Formila chevrolatii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Embolemidae
Genus: Formila
Species: F. chevrolatii
Binomial name
Formila chevrolatii
Romand, 1846

This species has been transferred to the family Embolemidae.

Nomenclature

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

  • chevrolatii. Formila chevrolatii Romand, 1846: xxxii, pl. 2, fig. 5 (w.) FRANCE.
    • [Note: genus name Formila was subsequently misspelled as Formica and chevrolatii was incorrectly treated as a junior synonym of Formica fusca: Dalla Torre, 1893: 193, and subsequent authors to Bolton, 1995b: 192 (error).]
    • Excluded from Formicidae; transferred to family Embolemidae: Muesebeck & Walkley, 1951: 1043.

References

  • Romand, B. E. de. 1846. Notice sur un insecte nouveau. Ann. Soc. Entomol. Fr. (Bull.) (2)4:xxxii. (page xxxii, Formila as genus; Formila in Formicidae)