Formica cinerea rutilans

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Formica cinerea rutilans
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica montana)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica cinerea rutilans
Wheeler, W.M., 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rutilans. Formica cinerea var. rutilans Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 399 (diagnosis in key) (w.) U.S.A. [Formica cinerea subsp. cinerea var. rutilans Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 525; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of montana: Creighton, 1950a: 534.

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