Formica aculeata

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Formica aculeata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Paraponera clavata)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Paraponerinae
Genus: Paraponera
Species: Formica aculeata
Olivier, 1792

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

Nomenclature

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

  • aculeata. Formica aculeata Olivier, 1792: 498 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Junior synonym of clavata: Latreille, 1802c: 207.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 190, catalogue; unavailable name (published as junior synonym))
  • Retzius, A. J. 1783. Caroli de Geer. Genera et species insectorum e generosissimi auctoris scriptis extraxit, digessit, Latine quoad partem reddidit, et terminologiam insectorum Linneanam addidit. Lipsiae [= Leipzig]: Cruse, 220 pp. (page 76, worker described)