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Formica dryas
| Formica dryas | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica obscuriventris) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica dryas Wheeler, W.M., 1905 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica obscuriventris.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- dryas. Formica dryas Wheeler, W.M. 1905c: 268 (w.q.) U.S.A. Junior synonym of obscuriventris: Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 446.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 194, catalogue)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1905d. New species of Formica. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 21: 267-274 (page 268, worker, queen described)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565 (page 446, junior synonym of obscuriventris)