Formica fusca inplana

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Formica fusca inplana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica picea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica fusca inplana
Emery, 1925

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

Nomenclature

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

  • inplana. Formica (Serviformica) picea var. inplana Emery, 1925b: 249 (w.) TIBET. [First available use of Formica fusca subsp. picea var. inplana Ruzsky, 1915a: 426; unavailable name.] Subspecies of fusca: Ruzsky, 1936: 92. Junior synonym of picea Nylander: Dlussky, 1965a: 31.

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