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

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica obscuripes

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. 

Material of the unavailable name {taxac 437753} referred here by {ref 123908}: 1; {ref 123910}: 492; {ref 128824}: 869; {ref 128659}: 1460; {ref 122860}: 200.
  • 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 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 (selected) 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.