Formica aculeata
Formica aculeata | |
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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)