Protonym: Formica thoracica
Authorship Olivier, 1792: 503
Forms q.m.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality FRANCE
Primary type information Primary type material: syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated) Primary type locality: France: vic. Paris. Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist).
Type notes 1) Olivier, 1792: 503, states, “M. Geoffroy soupçonne que cette espèce est la même que la Fourmi Hercule” (Camponotus herculeanus). 2) Horn & Kahle, 1936: 197, say that parts of Olivier’s material are in MNHN, parts are destroyed.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica thoracica Species Unidentifiable Original combination