Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761: 426 (q.m.) SWEDEN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Yarrow, 1954c: 316 (in text)). Primary type locality: Sweden: (“Suecis. Uplandis.”) (no further data). Primary type depository: LSLC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: Sweden (no further data). Secondary type depository: LSLC. Type notes: 1) Type material not Linnaeus, 1758: 580 (w.), discussed in Yarrow, 1954c: 313, Yarrow, 1955a: 5. 2) Three Linnaean specimens are in LSLC (Day & Fitton, 1978: 196).

Infrasubspecies

• F. r. r. emeryi Krausse, 1926
• F. r. r. santschii Wheeler, 1913
• F. r. r. schmidti Ruzsky, 1920
• F. r. r. tir Stärcke, 1942