This history item belongs to Formica detecta Smith, 1858

Its current taxon owner(s) is Iridomyrmex detectus

Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 414; Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Forel, 1907h: 20; Forel, 1907j: 297; Wheeler, 1909a: 27; Stitz, 1911a: 368; Emery, 1913a: 24; Emery, 1914a: 180; Forel, 1915b: 79; Wheeler, 1915h: 811; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 32; Clark, 1929b: 122; Clark, 1938: 373.


Status as species: {ref 127213}: 414; {ref 124002}: 168; {ref 122282}: 260 (in key); {ref 125175}: 20; {ref 125178}: 297; {ref 130035}: 27; {ref 129035}: 368; {ref 124711}: 24; {ref 124716}: 180; {ref 125258}: 79; {ref 130095}: 811; {ref 129537}: 32; {ref 123643}: 122; {ref 123633}: 373.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2021-07-30
  • Updated at: 2021-07-30
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Formica detecta Species Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Iridomyrmex detectus (Smith, 1858)
Iridomyrmex detectus Species Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Iridomyrmex purpureus (Smith, 1858)
Other history items belonging to Formica detecta
#297761 [Misspelled as detexta by Kusnezov, 1959: 51.]
#256635 Wheeler & Wheeler, 1974b: 398 (l.); Crozier, 1968b: 25 (k.)
#256636 Combination in Iridomyrmex: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168
#297762 (selected) Status as species: Mayr, 1863a: 414; Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Forel, 1907h: 20; Forel, 1907j: 297; Wheeler, 1909a: 27; Stitz, 1911a: 368; Emery, 1913a: 24; Emery, 1914a: 180; Forel, 1915b: 79; Wheeler, 1915h: 811; Viehmeyer, 1925a: 32; Clark, 1929b: 122; Clark, 1938: 373.
#256637 Junior synonym of Iridomyrmex purpureus: Lowne, 1865a: 275; Mayr, 1876: 81; Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Forel, 1902j: 465; Emery, 1913a: 24; Clark, 1938: 373; Greaves, 1971: 15; Greenslade, 1974a: 247; Taylor & Brown, 1985: 102; Taylor, 1987a: 33; Shattuck, 1993a: 128; Shattuck, 1994: 109; Bolton, 1995b: 217; Heterick & Shattuck, 2011: 124.
#297763 [Note: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168; André, 1896d: 260 (in key); Forel, 1902j: 465; Emery, 1913a: 24; Clark, 1938: 373 give Iridomyrmex detectus as senior synonym, but Iridomyrmex purpureus has priority.]