Protonym: Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. californicus
| Authorship | Creighton, 1950a: 445 |
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| Forms | w. |
| Bioregion | Nearctic |
| Locality | U.S.A. (California) |
| Primary type information | Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: U.S.A.: California, Weed (A.C. Cole). Primary type depository: LACM. |
| Secondary type information | Secondary type material: paratype workers (number not stated, “numerous”). Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depositories: LACM, OSUC, USNM. |
| Type notes | The identity and status of this taxon have not been ascertained. It is therefore included in Formica (combination by Snelling, 1969b: 2) as a taxon at species rank, to dissociate it from its original combination in Myrmecocystus, and to separate it from its original rank as a subspecies of Myrmecocystus melliger. The name Formica californica is not mentioned in Snelling, 1976: 1-163 (the revision of Myrmecocystus). |
Taxa belonging to this protonym
| Formica californica | Species | Valid | |
| Myrmecocystus melliger californicus | Subspecies |
Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica californica (Creighton, 1950)
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Original combination |