Formica barbata
Formica barbata | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica fusca) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | Formica barbata Razoumowsky, 1789 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica fusca.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- barbata. Formica barbata Razoumowsky, 1789: 225, fig. 12 (w.) SWITZERLAND. Junior synonym of fusca: Emery & Forel, 1879: 451.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 192, catalogue)
- Emery, C.; Forel, A. 1879. Catalogue des Formicides d'Europe. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 5: 441-481 (page 451, junior synonym of fusca)
- Razoumowsky, G. de. 1789. Histoire naturelle du Jorat et de ses environs; et celle des trois lacs de Neufchatel, Morat et Bienne. Tome premier. Lausanne: J. Mourer, xvi + 322 pp. (page 225, fig. 12 worker described)