Formica fusca gelida

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • gelida. Formica fusca var. gelida Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 399 (in key) (w.q.m.) U.S.A. [Formica fusca subsp. fusca var. gelida Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 505; unavailable name.] Subspecies of fusca: Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 546; of neorufibarbis: Creighton, 1950a: 537. Junior synonym of neorufibarbis: Francoeur, 1973: 215.

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