Protonym: Formica omnivora
| Authorship | Linnaeus, 1758: 581 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Neotropic |
| Locality | SOUTH AMERICA |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: South America: (“Habitat in America meridionali.”) (no further data). 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”). |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Formica omnivora | Species | Unidentifiable | Original combination |