Formica gibbosa Smith, F.

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Formica gibbosa
Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Dolichoderini
Genus: Dolichoderus
Species: Formica gibbosa
Smith, F., 1858

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Dolichoderus quadridenticulatus.

Nomenclature

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

  • gibbosa. Formica gibbosa Smith, F. 1858b: 19 (w.) BRAZIL (not India). [Junior primary homonym of Formica gibbosa Latreille, 1798: 50 (now in Aphaenogaster).] Combination in Dolichoderus: Mayr, 1886c: 354; in Hypoclinea: Kempf, 1972a: 119. Senior synonym of quadridenticulatus: Mayr, 1886c: 354; Emery, 1894c: 235, and hence quadridenticulatus first available replacement name for gibbosa Smith, F.

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