Formica rufa obscurata

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Formica rufa obscurata Santschi, 1925 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761

Formica rufa var. obscurata Santschi, 1925g: 351 (w.m.) FRANCE. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 3 syntype workers, 6 syntype males. Primary type locality: France: Eure, Vernon (H.G. de Kerville). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912252.

Subspecies of Formica rufa: Bolton, 1995b: 200.
Junior synonym of Formica rufa: Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 482; Seifert, 2021: 152.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 114:475-510. PDF
Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 1:339-360. PDF
Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31:133-179. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 PDF

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