Formicina flava flavomyops

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Formicina flava flavomyops
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Lasius myops)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Lasius
Species: Formicina flava flavomyops
Emery, 1916

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

Nomenclature

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

  • flavomyops. Formicina flava var. flavomyops Emery, 1916b: 241 (w.) SWITZERLAND. [First available use of Lasius flavus r. myops var. flavomyops Forel, 1915d: 52 (in key); unavailable name.] Combination in Lasius: Emery, 1925b: 231. Junior synonym of flavoides: Emery, 1925b: 231. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Röszler, 1943: 47. Junior synonym of flavus: Wilson, 1955a: 112; of myops: Kutter, 1977c: 229.

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