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Formica atomus
| Formica atomus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Tapinoma erraticum) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dolichoderinae |
| Genus: | Tapinoma |
| Species: | Formica atomus Latreille, 1798 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Tapinoma erraticum.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- atomum. Formica atomus Latreille, 1798: 44 (w.) FRANCE.
- Combination in Tapinoma: Roger, 1863b: 13.
- Subspecies of erraticum: Latreille, 1802c: 183 (in text); Emery, in Dalla Torre, 1893: 165; Emery, 1913a: 40; Bolton, 1995b: 399 (error).
- Junior synonym of erraticum: Roger, 1863b: 13; Mayr, 1865: 62; Emery & Forel, 1879: 454; Emery, 1925d: 53.
References
- Dalla Torre, K. W. von. 1893. Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus. Vol. 7. Formicidae (Heterogyna). Leipzig: W. Engelmann, 289 pp. (page 165, Revived from synonymy as variety/subspecies of erraticum)
- Emery, C. 1913a [1912]. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Dolichoderinae. Genera Insectorum 137: 1-50 (page 40, Revived from synonymy as variety/subspecies of erraticum)
- Latreille, P. A. 1798. Essai sur l'histoire des fourmis de la France. Brive: F. Bourdeaux, 50 pp. (page 44, worker described)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 13, Combination in Tapinoma)
- Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 13, Junior synonym of erraticum)