Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758 incertae sedis in genus, unidentifiable
Formica omnivora Linnaeus, 1758: 581 (w.) SURINAME. Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: none given, “Habitat in America meridionali”. Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: 1) Linnaeus adds that the ants were eating and tearing all foodstuffs to pieces, “consumens & dilacerans omnia cibaria”. 2) Fabricius, 1782: 491, and Fabricius, 1793: 357, give the type locality as Suriname (“Habitat Surinami”).
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