Formica fervens Smith, F.

Formica fervens
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Camponotus fervidus)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	Formica fervens Smith, F., 1857

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus fervidus.

Nomenclature

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

• fervens. Formica fervens Smith, F. 1857a: 55 (w.) BORNEO (East Malaysia: Sarawak).
  • Type-material: holotype (?) worker.
  • [Notes (i): Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444, cites 1w OXUM; (ii) Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978, cites a second worker OXUM, also labelled SAR and fervens (perhaps a syntype?).]
  • Type-locality: Malaysia: Sarawak, “SAR 34” (A.R. Wallace).
  • Type-depository: OXUM.
  • [Junior primary homonym of Formica fervens Drury, 1782: 58 (Emery, 1921a: 25).]
  • Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3;
  • combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267.
  • Junior synonym of bacchus: Mayr, 1865: 27.
  • Status as species: Smith, F. 1858b: 24; Mayr, 1863: 414; Roger, 1863b: 3; Smith, F. 1871a: 305; Mayr, 1886c: 354; Dalla Torre, 1893: 231; Emery, 1896d: 378 (in list); Wheeler, W.M. 1919e: 109; Emery, 1925b: 171; Donisthorpe, 1932c: 444; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 241 (error).
  • Replacement name: Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) fervidus Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116.