Formica acuminata

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Formica acuminata
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica acuminata
Heer, 1849

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

Nomenclature

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

  • acuminata. †Formica acuminata Heer, 1849: 142, pl. 11, figs. 13, 14 (m.) CROATIA (Miocene). [Also described as new by Heer, 1850: 142.] Junior synonym of †ungeri: Dlussky & Putyatina, 2014: 256.

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