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

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica obscuripes

Senior synonym of Formica rufa melanotica: Creighton, 1950a: 492; Smith, 1958c: 157; Smith, 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Coovert, 2005: 150. 

Senior synonym of {prott 163329}: {ref 123910}: 492; {ref 128854}: 157; {ref 128659}: 1460; {ref 122860}: 200; {ref 143326}: 150.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2020-07-26
  • Updated at: 2020-12-24
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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 (selected) 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.