• Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1975: 263.
• [Misspelled as dacotensis by Forel, 1904b: 153; Kutter, 1968c: 207.]
• Wasmann, 1902a: 4 (q.m.); Wheeler, 1913i: 462 (q.).
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1908i: 642; Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Wheeler, 1913i: 462 (redescription); Wheeler, 1917a: 541; Emery, 1925d: 252; Creighton, 1950a: 484; Smith, 1951c: 862; Brown, 1957f: 167; Smith, 1958c: 154; Smith, 1967a: 371; Kutter, 1968c: 207; Francoeur, 1975: 263; Francoeur, 1977b: 208; Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 394; Smith, 1979: 1457; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 81; MacKay et al., 1988: 110 (in key); Wheeler et al., 1994: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 341; Coovert, 2005: 151; Ward, 2005: 63; Ellison et al., 2012: 150.
• Senior synonym of Formica montigena: Wheeler, 1908i: 642 (in text); Brown, 1957f: 167 (in text); Smith, 1967a: 371; Smith, 1979: 1457; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Coovert, 2005: 151.
• Senior synonym of Formica dakotensis saturata: Creighton, 1950a: 484; Smith, 1958c: 154; Smith, 1979: 1457; Bolton, 1995b: 193.
• Senior synonym of Formica specularis: Creighton, 1950a: 484; Smith, 1958c: 154; Smith, 1979: 1457; Bolton, 1995b: 193.
• Senior synonym of Formica dakotensis wasmanni: Creighton, 1950a: 484; Smith, 1979: 1457; Bolton, 1995b: 193.

Junior synonyms

• Formica dakotensis saturata Wheeler, 1917
• Formica dakotensis wasmanni Forel, 1904
• Formica montigena Wheeler, 1904
• Formica specularis Wheeler, 1908

Citations

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