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Formica abdominalis Fabricius
| Formica abdominalis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus atriceps) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Camponotini |
| Genus: | Camponotus |
| Species: | Formica abdominalis Fabricius, 1804 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus atriceps.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- abdominalis. Formica abdominalis Fabricius, 1804: 409 (w.) “South America”.
- Type-material: syntype workers (number not stated).
- [Note: Zimsen, 1964: 426, cites 6w syntypes (2 ZMUC, 4 ZMUK).]
- Type-locality: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali. Dom. Smidt. Mus. Dom. Lund.”) (no further data)
- Type-depositories: ZMUC, ZMUK.
- [Junior primary homonym of Formica abdominalis Latreille, 1802c: 175 (Emery, 1921a: 25).]
- Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1953e: 196 (l.).
- Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1862c: 285;
- combination in C. (Myrmothrix): Forel, 1912i: 91.
- Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 219; Forel, 1895b: 101; Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Forel, 1899c: 131; Forel, 1901c: 136; Wheeler, W.M. 1905b: 133; Wheeler, W.M. 1907a: 276; Forel, 1907e: 10; Forel, 1908b: 71; Forel, 1908e: 62; Santschi, 1913h: 42; Donisthorpe, 1915d: 349; Wheeler, W.M. 1916c: 14; Wheeler, W.M. 1916d: 330; Mann, 1916: 476; Crawley, 1916b: 376; Wheeler, W.M. 1922c: 15; Mann, 1922: 53; Santschi, 1922c: 107; Wheeler, W.M. 1923a: 5; Emery, 1925b: 107; Borgmeier, 1927c: 148; Donisthorpe, 1927b: 403; Borgmeier, 1934: 111; Menozzi, 1935b: 202; Santschi, 1936b: 207; Wheeler, W.M. 1942: 256; Creighton, 1950a: 396; Kusnezov, 1952d: 197; Kempf, 1961b: 522; Kempf, 1970b: 341; Kempf, 1972a: 59; Hashmi, 1973: 82 (redescription); Zolessi, et al. 1988: 6; Brandão, 1991: 333.
- Senior synonym of atriceps: Roger, 1862c: 285; Mayr, 1863: 398; Roger, 1863b: 4; Dalla Torre, 1893: 220; Forel, 1895b: 101; Emery, 1896d: 372; Forel, 1899c: 131; Santschi, 1913h: 42; Emery, 1925b: 107; Borgmeier, 1927c: 148; Kusnezov, 1952d: 197; Hashmi, 1973: 83; Brandão, 1991: 334.
- Replacement name: Formica atriceps Smith, F. 1858b: 44.
- [Note: atriceps oldest junior synonym of abdominalis Fabricius (synonymy by Roger, 1862c: 285, confirmed by Hashmi, 1973: 83); hence atriceps first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 83).]