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Formica foetens
| Formica foetens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. foetens |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica foetens Olivier, 1792 | |
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Identification
Distribution
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- foetida. Formica foetida De Geer, 1773: 611, pl. 31, figs. 21, 22 (q.) SURINAM. [Junior primary homonym of foetida Linnaeus, 1758: 582, above.] Replacement name: foetens Olivier, 1792: 503.
- foetens. Formica foetens Olivier, 1792: 503. Replacement name for foetida De Geer, 1773: 611. [Junior primary homonym of foetida Linnaeus, 1758: 582.] Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 195. [It is apparent that this taxon is properly referable to subfamily Myrmicinae.]
Description
References
- De Geer, C. 1773. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des insectes. Tome troisième. Stockholm: Pierre Hesselberg, 696 pp. (page 611, replacement name for foetida)
- Olivier, A. G. 1792. Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle. Insectes. Tome 6. (pt. 2). Paris: Panckoucke, pp. 369-704. (page 503, replacement name for foetida De Geer)