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Formica vagans
| Formica vagans | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. vagans |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793 | |
Identification
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- vagans. Formica vagans Fabricius, 1793: 358 (w.) GERMANY. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of vagans Olivier, 1792: 501 (Bolton, 1995b: 206).] Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 206. See also: Curtis, 1854: 213 [combination in Myrmica; misidentification]; Smith, F. 1855b: 117; Mayr, 1855: 407.
Description
References
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
- Curtis, J. 1854. On the genus Myrmica and other indigenous ants. Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. 21: 211-220 (page 213, [combination in Myrmica; misidentification])
- Fabricius, J. C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome 2. Hafniae [= Copenhagen]: C. G. Proft, 519 pp. (page 358, worker described)
- Mayr, G. 1855. Formicina austriaca. Beschreibung der bisher im österreichischen Kaiserstaate aufgefundenen Ameisen, nebst Hinzufügung jener in Deutschland, in der Schweiz und in Italien vorkommenden Arten. Verh. Zool.-Bot. Ver. Wien 5: 273-478 (page 407, see also)
- Smith, F. 1855b. Essay on the genera and species of British Formicidae. [concl.]. Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (2) 3: 113-135 (page 117, see also)