Formica tuberosa

Formica tuberosa
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Temnothorax tuberum)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Temnothorax
Species:	Formica tuberosa Latreille, 1802

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

Nomenclature

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

• tuberosa. Formica tuberosa Latreille, 1802c: 259 (w.q.) FRANCE. Erroneous rendering and hence junior synonym of tuberum: Stephens, 1829: 356; Dalla Torre, 1893: 127.

References

• Latreille, P.A. 1802. Histoire naturelle des fourmis, et recueil de mémoires et d'observations sur les abeilles, les araignées, les faucheurs, et autres insectes. Paris: Impr. Crapelet (chez T. Barrois), xvi + 445 pp.