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Formica fusca borealis
| Formica fusca borealis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica lemani) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica fusca borealis Vashkevich, 1924 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica lemani.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- borealis. Formica fusca subsp. borealis Vashkevich, 1924b: 147 (w.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of lemani: Dlussky, 1965a: 35.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 192, catalogue)
- Dlussky, G. M. 1965a. Ants of the genus Formica L. of Mongolia and northeast Tibet (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 23: 15-43 (page 35, junior synonym of lemani)
- Vashkevich, A. F. 1924b. On the ant fauna of north Tobolsk province. Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 74: 146-149 (page 147, worker described)