Formica parcipappa
Formica parcipappa | |
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Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica curiosa) | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | Formica parcipappa Cole, 1947 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica curiosa.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- parcipappa. Formica parcipappa Cole, 1947: 616 (w.) U.S.A. Combination in F. (Serviformica): Buren, 1968a: 32. Junior synonym of curiosa: Snelling, R.R. 1969b: 194.
References
- Buren, W. F. 1968a. Some fundamental taxonomic problems in Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J. Ga. Entomol. Soc. 3: 25-40 (page 33, see also)
- Cole, A. C., Jr. 1947 [1946]. A description of Formica parcipappa, a new ant from Idaho (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 39: 616-618. (page 616, worker described)
- Snelling, R. R. 1969c. Notes on the systematics and dulosis of some western species of Formica, subgenus Raptiformica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proc. Entomol. Soc. Wash. 71: 194-197 (page 194, Junior synonym of curiosa)