Formica fervens Smith, F.

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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This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Camponotus fervidus.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. [Junior primary homonym of Formica fervens Drury, 1782: 58 (now in Atta).] Replacement name: fervidus Donisthorpe, 1943e: 116. Combination in Camponotus: Roger, 1863b: 3; in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267.

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