Formica fusca var. subpolita Mayr, 1886d: 426 (w.q.) U.S.A. (California). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 107). Primary type locality: lectotype U.S.A.: California, San Francisco (L.W. Schaufuss) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1913i: 534; no lectotype designated). Primary type depositories: NHMW. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 13 paralectotype workers, 2 paralectotype queens. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AFPC, MSNG, NHMW. Type notes: 1) Francoeur, 1975: 260, cites 16 worker, 2 queen paralectotypes (2w MHNG, 14w, 2q NHMW). 2) Other original syntype localities: U.S.A.: Connecticut (no collector’s name), U.S.A.: Colorado (no collector’s name).

Infrasubspecies

• F. f. s. montana Emery, 1893
• F. f. s. neogagates Emery, 1893
• F. f. s. perpilosa Wheeler, 1902
• F. f. s. specularis Emery, 1893