Formica nicaeensis

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Formica nicaeensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica rufibarbis)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica nicaeensis
Leach, 1825

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nicaeensis. Formica nicaeensis Leach, 1825: 291 (w.q.m.) FRANCE. Junior synonym of rufibarbis: Roger, 1863b: 13.

References

  • Leach, W. E. 1825. Descriptions of thirteen species of Formica and three species of Culex found in the environs of Nice. Zool. J. Lond. 2: 289-293 (page 291, worker, queen, male described)
  • Roger, J. 1863b. Verzeichniss der Formiciden-Gattungen und Arten. Berl. Entomol. Z. 7(B Beilage: 1-65 (page 13, Junior synonym of rufibarbis)