This history item belongs to Formica detecta Smith, 1858

Its current taxon owner(s) is Iridomyrmex detectus

Combination in Iridomyrmex: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168 

Combination in {tax 429106}: {ref 124002}: 168
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2012-09-12
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 (selected) Combination in Iridomyrmex: Dalla Torre, 1893: 168
#297762 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.]