Formica microgyna californica

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Formica microgyna californica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica adamsi whymperi)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica microgyna californica
Wheeler, W.M., 1917

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica adamsi whymperi.

Nomenclature

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

  • californica. Formica microgyna subsp. californica Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 543 (w.) U.S.A. Subspecies of whymperi and material of the unavailable name hybrida referred here: Creighton, 1950a: 510. Junior synonym of whymperi: Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1986g: 15.

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