Formica curvidentata

Formica curvidentata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Eciton hamatum)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Dorylinae
Genus:	Eciton
Species:	Formica curvidentata Latreille, 1802

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

Nomenclature

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

• curvidentata. Formica curvidentata Latreille, 1802c: 269, pl. 8, fig. 55 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Combination in Eciton: Lepeletier, 1835: 179. Junior synonym of hamatum: Smith, F. 1858b: 148.

References

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp.