Formica lacteipennis

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Formica lacteipennis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Camponotus maculatus)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Camponotini
Genus: Camponotus
Species: Formica lacteipennis
Smith, F., 1858

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Camponotus maculatus.

Nomenclature

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

  • lacteipennis. Formica lacteipennis Smith, F. 1858b: 34 (s.w.q.m.) SOUTH AFRICA. Combination in C. (Myrmoturba): Forel, 1914a: 267; in C. (Tanaemyrmex): Emery, 1925b: 90. Subspecies of sylvaticus: Mayr, 1886c: 355; of maculatus: Emery, 1895h: 46; Emery, 1920c: 5. Junior synonym of maculatus: Baroni Urbani, 1972: 125. See also: Arnold, 1922: 626.

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