Formica visitatrix

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Formica visitatrix
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Atta cephalotes)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Atta
Species: Formica visitatrix
Christ, 1791

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

Nomenclature

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

  • visitatrix. Formica visitatrix Christ, 1791: 517 (w.) SURINAM. Junior synonym of cephalotes: Emery, 1892b: 162.

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