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Formica libera
| Formica libera | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica fusca) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica libera Scopoli, 1763 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica fusca.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- libera. Formica libera Scopoli, 1763: 313 (w.) AUSTRIA. Junior synonym of fusca: Latreille, 1802a: 159.
References
- Latreille, P. A. 1802b. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière des Crustacés et des insectes. Tome 3. Familles naturelles des genres. Paris: F. Dufart, xii + 467 pp. (page 159, junior synonym of fusca)
- Scopoli, J. A. 1763. Entomologia carniolica exhibens insecta Carnioliae indigena et distributa in ordines, genera, species, varietates. Methodo Linnaeana. Vindobonae [=Vienna]: J. Trattner, xxxvi + 420 pp. (page 313, worker described)