Formica fragilis

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Formica fragilis Smith, 1859 an obsolete combination of Leptomyrmex fragilis (Smith, 1859)

Formica fragilis Smith, 1859a: 136 (w.) INDONESIA (Aru Is). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Aru Is (A.R. Wallace). Primary type depository: OXUM. Type notes: 1) Donisthorpe, 1932c: 452, cites 1 worker in OXUM (confirmed by Bolton (unpublished notes) 1978). 2) Lucky & Ward, 2010: 34, incorrectly attribute collector as F. Smith.

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
Lucky, A.; Ward, P. S. 2010. Taxonomic revision of the ant genus Leptomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 2688:1-67. 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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