Formica nodosa

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Formica nodosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Gnamptogenys mordax)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ectatomminae
Tribe: Ectatommini
Genus: Gnamptogenys
Species: Formica nodosa
Latreille, 1802

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

Nomenclature

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

  • nodosa. Formica nodosa Latreille, 1802c: 217, pl. 8, fig. 48 (w.) FRENCH GUIANA. Combination in Gnamptogenys: Mayr, 1866b: 892 (in text); in Ectatomma (Gnamptogenys): Dalla Torre, 1893: 25. Subspecies of mordax: Emery, 1896g: 50. Junior synonym of mordax: Brown, 1958g: 228.

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