Formica obscurans
Walker, 1859
an obsolete combination of Brachyponera obscurans (Walker, 1859)
Formica obscurans
Walker, 1859:
372 (q.)
SRI LANKA.
Indomalaya.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype queen. Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data) (F. Walker). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0902498
Type notes:
Number of specimens as cited by Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575.
Citations
- Donisthorpe, H. 1932b. On the identity of some ants from Ceylon described by F. Walker. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)9:574-576. PDF
- Walker, F. 1859. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. [part]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)4:370-376. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
obsolete combination
- All genera
- Incertae sedis
- Agroecomyrmecinae
- Amblyoponinae
- Aneuretinae
- Apomyrminae
- †Armaniinae
- †Brownimeciinae
- Dolichoderinae
- Dorylinae
- Ectatomminae
- †Formiciinae
- Formicinae
- †Haidomyrmecinae
- Leptanillinae
- Martialinae
- Myrmeciinae
- Myrmicinae
- Paraponerinae
- Ponerinae
- Proceratiinae
- Pseudomyrmecinae
- †Sphecomyrminae
- †Zigrasimeciinae
- All taxa
- Subgenera
- Without subgenus
- accreta
- adamsi
- adelungi
- aerata
- †alsatica
- altayensis
- altipetens
- anatolica
- †annosa
- aquilonia
- †arcana
- archboldi
- argentea
- aserva
- aseta
- aterrima
- †auxillacensis
- †bauckhorni
- †biamoensis
- biophilica
- bradleyi
- breviscapa
- browni
- bruni
- brunneonitida
- †buphthalma
- californica
- calviceps
- canadensis
- candida
- †cantalica
- caucasicola
- †ceps
- ciliata
- cinerea
- cinereofusca
- clara
- clarissima
- †cockerelli
- coloradensis
- comata
- constricta
- corsica
- creightoni
- criniventris
- cunicularia
- curiosa
- dachaidanensis
- dakotensis
- decipiens
- †demersa
- densiventris
- difficilis
- dirksi
- dolosa
- dusmeti
- emeryi
- †eoptera
- exsecta
- exsectoides
- fennica
- ferocula
- †flavifemoralis
- †flori
- foreli
- foreliana
- forsslundi
- fossaceps
- francoeuri
- frontalis
- fukaii
- fusca
- fuscocinerea
- gagates
- gagatoides
- georgica
- gerardi
- glabridorsis
- glacialis
- glauca
- †globiventris
- gnava
- †grandis
- gravelyi
- †gravida
- †gustawi
- gynocrates
- hayashi
- helvetica
- †heteroptera
- hewitti
- †horrida
- †immersa
- impexa
- incerta
- indianensis
- integra
- integroides
- japonica
- kashmirica
- knighti
- kozlovi
- kupyanskayae
- †kutscheri
- laeviceps
- lasioides
- †latinodosa
- †lavateri
- lemani
- lepida
- limata
- †linquensis
- liogaster
- liopthalma
- litoralis
- longiceps
- †longicollis
- longipilosa
- lugubris
- †luteola
- †macrognatha
- †macrophthalma
- †maculipennis
- manchu
- manni
- †martynovi
- maura
- mesasiatica
- microgyna
- microphthalma
- miniocca
- moki
- montana
- morsei
- mucescens
- mutinensis
- neoclara
- neogagates
- neorufibarbis
- nepticula
- nevadensis
- †obscura
- obscuripes
- obscuriventris
- obsidiana
- †obtecta
- obtusopilosa
- †obvoluta
- occulta
- †oculata
- opaciventris
- orangea
- †orbata
- oreas
- oregonensis
- †ovala
- pachucana
- pacifica
- †palaeopolonica
- †paleosibirica
- pallidefulva
- pamirica
- paralugubris
- †parexsecta
- pergandei
- perpilosa
- persica
- †phaethusa
- picea
- pisarskii
- †pitoni
- planipilis
- podzolica
- polyctena
- postoculata
- pratensis
- pressilabris
- †primitiva
- †primordialis
- †procera
- prociliata
- propatula
- propinqua
- puberula
- †pulchella
- pulla
- pyrenaea
- †quadrata
- querquetulana
- †radchenkoi
- ravida
- reflexa
- retecta
- †ribbeckei
- †robusta
- robusta
- rubicunda
- rufa
- rufibarbis
- rufolucida
- sanguinea
- scitula
- selysi
- sentschuensis
- †sepulta
- †serresi
- †seuberti
- sibylla
- sinensis
- spatulata
- †strangulata
- subaenescens
- subcyanea
- subelongata
- subintegra
- subnitens
- subpilosa
- subpolita
- subsericea
- suecica
- †surinamensis
- talbotae
- tarimica
- tianshanica
- transmontanis
- †tripartita
- truncorum
- ulkei
- †ungeri
- uralensis
- ussuriensis
- villiscapa
- vinculans
- wheeleri
- xerophila
- yoshiokae
- †zherikhini