Formica parvula Dlussky

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Formica parvula
Temporal range: Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica parvula
Dlussky, 1967

This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Formica flori.

Nomenclature

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

  • parvula. †Formica parvula Dlussky, 1967b: 83, fig. 1 (m.) BALTIC AMBER (Eocene). [Unresolved junior primary homonym of †parvula Presl (Bolton, 1995b: 200).] Junior synonym of †flori: Dlussky, 2002a: 292. Replacement name: †egecomerta Özdikmen, 2010c: 988. Name proposed subsequent to Dlussky, 2002a synonymy, hence †egecomerta automatically a junior synonym of †flori.

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