This history item belongs to Formica rufa r. obscuripes Forel, 1886

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica obscuripes

Status as species: Santschi, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, 1913i: 433 (redescription); Wheeler, 1917a: 535; Weber, 1935: 165; Creighton, 1940a: 1, 7 (in key); Cole, 1942: 380; Creighton, 1950a: 492; Cole, 1954c: 165; Smith, 1958c: 157; Cole, 1966b: 23 (in key); Beck et al., 1967: 70; Smith, 1967a: 372; Francoeur, 1977b: 208; Yensen et al., 1977: 185; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 394; Smith, 1979: 1460; Allred, 1982: 471; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 83; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 147; MacKay et al., 1988: 115; Blacker, 1992: 11; Wheeler et al., 1994: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 357; Coovert, 2005: 150; Ward, 2005: 63. 

Status as species: {ref 128261}: 7; {ref 130081}: 433 (redescription); {ref 130116}: 535; {ref 129699}: 165; {ref 123908}: 1, 7 (in key); {ref 123672}: 380; {ref 123910}: 492; {ref 123718}: 165; {ref 128854}: 157; {ref 123744}: 23 (in key); {ref 122564}: 70; {ref 128863}: 372; {ref 125337}: 208; {ref 130568}: 185; {ref 129910}: 394; {ref 128659}: 1460; {ref 122181}: 471; {ref 129925}: 83; {ref 124419}: 147; {ref 127023}: 115; {ref 122776}: 11; {ref 129947}: 306; {ref 122860}: 200; {ref 131795}: 357; {ref 143326}: 150; {ref 132562}: 63.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2020-09-02
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Formica obscuripes Species Valid
Formica rufa obscuripes Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886
Other history items belonging to Formica rufa r. obscuripes
#290513 [Misspelled as obscurpes by Forel, 1914c: 619.]
#255233 Emery, 1893k: 650 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c: 165 (l.); Hung, 1969: 456 (k.)
#290514 As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1893k: 650.
#290515 Subspecies of Formica rufa: Mayr, 1886d: 426; Cresson, 1887: 256; Dalla Torre, 1893: 202, 206 (footnote); Forel, 1899b: 128; Forel, 1904b: 152; Forel, 1904e: 175; Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Santschi, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, 1913i: 433 (redescription); Emery, 1925d: 254; Essig, 1926: 867; Smith, 1928c: 279; Menozzi, 1932b: 312; Cole, 1936a: 37; Cole, 1937b: 137; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944: 263; Buren, 1944a: 301; Smith, 1951c: 869.
#255234 (selected) Status as species: Santschi, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, 1913i: 433 (redescription); Wheeler, 1917a: 535; Weber, 1935: 165; Creighton, 1940a: 1, 7 (in key); Cole, 1942: 380; Creighton, 1950a: 492; Cole, 1954c: 165; Smith, 1958c: 157; Cole, 1966b: 23 (in key); Beck et al., 1967: 70; Smith, 1967a: 372; Francoeur, 1977b: 208; Yensen et al., 1977: 185; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 394; Smith, 1979: 1460; Allred, 1982: 471; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 83; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 147; MacKay et al., 1988: 115; Blacker, 1992: 11; Wheeler et al., 1994: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 357; Coovert, 2005: 150; Ward, 2005: 63.
#255235 Senior synonym of Formica rufa aggerans: Forel, 1914c: 619; Emery, 1925d: 254; Creighton, 1940a: 1; Buren, 1944a: 301; Creighton, 1950a: 492; Smith, 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Coovert, 2005: 150.
#286981 Senior synonym of Formica rufa melanotica: Creighton, 1950a: 492; Smith, 1958c: 157; Smith, 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Coovert, 2005: 150.
#255236 Material of the unavailable name Formica rufa obscuriventris rubiginosa Emery, 1893k referred here by Creighton, 1940a: 1; Creighton, 1950a: 492; Smith, 1951c: 869; Smith, 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 200.