Formica ferruginea Fabricius

Formica ferruginea
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus chromaiodes)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Formica ferruginea Fabricius, 1798

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus chromaiodes.

Nomenclature

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

• ferruginea. Formica ferruginea Fabricius, 1798: 279 (w.) “America”.
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Notes (i): no indication of number of specimens is given; (ii) Zimsen, 1964: 424, cites 1w ZMUK.]
  • Type-locality: America: “Habitat in America.” (no further data).
  • Type-depository: ZMUK.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Formica ferruginea Christ, 1791: 512.]
  • Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 338 (s.m.).
  • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 6;
  • combination in C. (Camponotus): Emery, 1925b: 72.
  • As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Forel, 1879a: 56; Emery, 1896d: 372 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1905f: 402; Wheeler, W.M. 1906b: 23; Wheeler, W.M. 1910d: 338; Wheeler, W.M. 1910g: 571; Wheeler, W.M. 1916m: 601; Wheeler, W.M. 1917i: 466; Dennis, 1938: 301; Wesson, L.G. & Wesson, R.G. 1940: 103; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 840.
  • Junior synonym of pennsylvanicus: Roger, 1863b: 6; Mayr, 1886d: 420.
  • Subspecies of pennsylvanicus: Dalla Torre, 1893: 247; Creighton, 1950a: 368.
  • Junior synonym of herculeanus: Cresson, 1887: 256.
  • Subspecies of herculeanus: Emery, 1925b: 72.
  • Status as species: Fabricius, 1804: 399; Smith, F. 1858b: 53; Mayr, 1863: 399; Brown, 1950d: 158; Smith, M.R. 1958c: 142; Carter, 1962a: 7 (in list); DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 145; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1425; Wheeler, G.C., et al. 1994: 305.
  • Replacement name: Camponotus chromaiodes Bolton, 1995b: 92.