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This history item belongs to Formica carinata Fabricius, 1804

Its current taxon owner(s) is Polyrhachis carinata

Unplaced to subgenus: Emery, 1925d: 209. 

Unplaced to subgenus: {ref 124775}: 209.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2023-06-13
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Formica carinata Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Polyrhachis carinata (Fabricius, 1804)
Polyrhachis carinata Species Valid
Other history items belonging to Formica carinata
#290852 Combination in Myrma: Billberg, 1820: 104.
#266564 Combination in Polyrhachis: Smith, 1857a: 59.
#266565 (selected) Unplaced to subgenus: Emery, 1925d: 209.
#266566 Combination in Polyrhachis (Myrma): Dorow, 1995: 32.
#283030 Status as species: Billberg, 1820: 104; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835: 220; Smith, 1857a: 59; Roger, 1863b: 9; Mayr, 1863a: 444; Smith, 1871a: 313; Dalla Torre, 1893: 260; Emery, 1896j: 380 (in list); Emery, 1925d: 209; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 304; Bolton, 1995b: 345; Dorow, 1995: 32.
#283031 [Note: Polyrhachis carinata Fabricius, 1804, sensu Smith, 1858a: 71, pl. 4, figs. 48, 49 (w.) South Africa, is a misidentification of Polyrhachis carinata Fabricius, 1804, not a separate taxon. Mayr, 1863a: 444 treated Polyrhachis carinatus Smith, 1858a as a valid species, which led later authors (Bolton, 1973b: 318; Bolton, 1995b: 356; Dorow, 1995: 39) to mistakenly regard it as a junior homonym of Polyrhachis carinata Fabricius, 1804. Smith, 1858a himself (p. 71, in text) said of his African material, “This insect is very probably the worker of Polyrhachis militaris,” an opinion repeated by Roger, 1863b: 6. Otherwise, Dalla Torre, 1893: 260, referred the African material to Polyrhachis cafrorum Forel, 1879a, while Emery, 1896j: 379; Wheeler, 1922a: 261; Emery, 1925d: 200, referred it to Polyrhachis rugulosa Mayr, 1862. Bolton, 1973b: 318, and later authors, referred it to Polyrhachis schistacea Gerstäcker, 1859.]