Formica detorquens

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Formica detorquens
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Technomyrmex albipes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Genus: Technomyrmex
Species: Formica detorquens
Walker, 1859

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

Nomenclature

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

  • detorquens. Formica detorquens Walker, 1859: 372 (q.) SRI LANKA. Combination in Technomyrmex: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575. Senior synonym of forticulus: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575. Nomen oblitum, synonym of albipes: Bolton, 2007a: 68. See also: Wilson & Taylor, 1967: 84.

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