Formica callida

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Formica callida
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus compressus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica callida
Smith, F., 1858

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

Nomenclature

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

  • callida. Formica callida Smith, F. 1858b: 18 (w.) INDIA. Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 2. Junior synonym of ardens: Mayr, 1886c: 353; of angusticollis: Dalla Torre, 1893: 221; Emery, 1896d: 370; Bingham, 1903: 366; Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 106; of compressus: Roger, 1863b: 2; Emery, 1925b: 98.

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