Formica laevissima

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Formica laevissima Smith, 1859 an obsolete combination of Calomyrmex laevissimus (Smith, 1859)

Formica laevissima Smith, 1859a: 138 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is., “Aru 28” (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Primary type specimen: CASENT0901889. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452, cites 1 worker in OXUM; (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978.

Citations

Donisthorpe, H. 1932c. On the identity of Smith's types of Formicidae (Hymenoptera) collected by Alfred Russell Wallace in the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of two new species. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)10:441-476. PDF
Smith, F. 1859a. Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the islands of Aru and Key. [part]. Journal and Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London. Zoology 3:132-158. PDF

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