Formica cinerea italica

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Formica cinerea italica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica cinerea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica cinerea italica
Finzi, 1928

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica cinerea.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • italica. Formica cinerea var. italica Finzi, 1928a: 70 (w.) ITALY. Junior synonym of cinerea: Seifert, 2002b: 251.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 197, catalogue)
  • Finzi, B. 1928a. Formica cinerea Mayr e varietà paleartiche. Boll. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 60: 65-75 (page 70, worker described)
  • Seifert, B. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Formica cinerea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 74(2): 245-272 (page 251, Junior synonym of cinerea)