• [Coptoformica also described as new by Müller, 1923b: 146.]
• Coptoformica as senior synonym of Adformica: Stitz, 1939: 306.
• [Note: Adformica and Coptoformica share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.]
• Coptoformica as junior synonym of Formica: Smith, 1951c: 860; Smith, 1979: 1448; Agosti, 1994b: 107; Bolton, 1995b: 25; Tang et al., 1995: 103; Bolton, 2003: 128.
• [Note: many authors retain Coptoformica as a subgenus of Formica; the name is often encountered in the regional literature.]

Obsolete classifications

• Formica (Coptoformica)

Citations

• Agosti, D. 1994b. The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. Systematic Entomology 19:93-117. PDF
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• Bolton, B. 2003. Synopsis and classification of Formicidae. Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370. PDF
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• Müller, G. 1923b. Le formiche della Venezia Guilia e della Dalmazia. Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste 28:11-180. PDF
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• Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
• Stitz, H. 1939. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meersteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 37. Theil. Hautflüger oder Hymenoptera. I: Ameisen oder Formicidae. Jena: G. Fischer, 428 pp.
• Tang, J.; Li, S.; Huang, E.; Zhang, B.; Chen, Y. 1995. Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). [In Chinese.]. Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp.