Formica glauca

Formica glauca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. glauca
Binomial name
Formica glauca Ruzsky, 1896 Specimen Labels
Synonyms
Formica rufibarbis katuniensis Ruzsky, 1915

This taxon is considered to be unidentifiable and its identity is uncertain.

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Bulgaria, Germany, Iran, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation (type locality), Ukraine.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Biology

Association with Other Organisms

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• This species is a mutualist for the aphid Aphis craccivora (a trophobiont) (Özdemir et al., 2008; Saddiqui et al., 2019).
• This species is a mutualist for the aphid Aphis fabae (a trophobiont) (Özdemir et al., 2008; Saddiqui et al., 2019).
• This species is a mutualist for the aphid Aphis galliiscabri (a trophobiont) (Özdemir et al., 2008; Saddiqui et al., 2019).
• This species is a mutualist for the aphid Brachycaudus (Appelia) tragopogonis (a trophobiont) (Özdemir et al., 2008; Saddiqui et al., 2019).
• This species is a mutualist for the aphid Brachycaudus cardui (a trophobiont) (Özdemir et al., 2008; Saddiqui et al., 2019).

Flight Period

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Nomenclature

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

• glauca. Formica rufibarbis var. glauca Ruzsky, 1896: 70 (w.) RUSSIA. [First available use of Formica fusca subsp. rufibarbis var. glauca Ruzsky, 1895: 20; unavailable name.] Emery, 1909b: 198 (q.m.). Combination in F. (Serviformica): Emery, 1925b: 250. Subspecies of rufibarbis: Emery, 1925b: 250; of cunicularia: Pisarski, 1967: 416; Dlussky, 1967a: 74; Tarbinsky, 1976: 184. Raised to species: Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59. Senior synonym of katuniensis, montaniformis, montivaga, volgensis and material of the unavailable name minor referred here: Dlussky, 1967a: 74 (note that the name montaniformis is misspelled as montanoides here). Junior synonym of cunicularia: Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 267. Unidentifiable taxon, incertae sedis in Formica: Seifert, 2007: 301 [Note that Seifert’s decision renders earlier taxonomy untenable].
• katuniensis. Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis var. katuniensis Ruzsky, 1915b: 13 (w.) RUSSIA. Junior synonym of glauca: Dlussky, 1967a: 74.

References

• Agosti, D.; Collingwood, C. A. 1987a. A provisional list of the Balkan ants (Hym. Formicidae) and a key to the worker caste. I. Synonymic list. Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 60: 51-62 (page 59, Raised to species)
• Alexandrovna, K.A. 2020. Red wood ants (Formica s. str.) as a method of biological protection in phytocenoses of the Mordovia Republic. In: Vavilov Readings - 2020: a collection of articles of the International Scientific and Practical Conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the discovery of the law of homological series and the 133rd anniversary of the birth of Academician NI Vavilov, November 24-25, 2020.
• Atanassov, N.; Dlussky, G. M. 1992. Fauna of Bulgaria. Hymenoptera, Formicidae. Fauna Bûlg. 22: 1-310 (page 267, Junior synonym of cunicularia)
• Borowiec, M.L., Borowiec, L. 2013. New data on the occurrence of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Lower Silesia and other regions of Poland. Wiadomosci Entomologiczne 32: 49-57.
• Chen, Y., Zhou, S. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships based on DNA barcoding among 16 species of the ant genus Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from China. Journal of Insect Science 17(6): 117; 1–7 (doi:10.1093/jisesa/iex092).
• Csősz, S., Báthori, F., Gallé, L., Lőrinczi, G., Maák, I., Tartally, A., Kovács, É., Somogyi, A.Á., Markó, B. 2021. The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: Survey of ant species with an annotated synonymic inventory. Insects 16;12(1):78 (doi:10.3390/insects12010078).
• Csosz, S., Marko, B., Galle, L. 2011. The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: an updated checklist. North-Western Journal of Zoology 7: 55-62.
• Czechowski, W., Radchenko, A. 2006. Formica lusatica SEIFERT, 1997 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), an ant species new to Finland, with notes on its biology and the description of males. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8: 257-262.
• Czechowski, W., Radchenko, A., Czechowska, W. 2002. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Poland. MIZ PAS Warsaw.
• Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp. (page 74, Senior synonym of caucasica, katuniensis, montaniformis, montivaga, and volgensis, and material of the unavailable name minor referred here: Dlussky, 1967a: 74 (note that the name montaniformis is misspelled as montanoides here). )
• Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp. (page 74, Variety/subspecies of cunicularia)
• Emery, C. 1909b. Beiträge zur Monographie der Formiciden des paläarktischen Faunengebietes. (Hym.) Teil VII. Dtsch. Entomol. Z. 1909: 179-204 (page 198, queen, male described)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 250, Combination in F. (Serviformica))
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 250, Variety/subspecies of rufibarbis)
• Pisarski, B. 1967a. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) d'Afghanistan récoltées par M. Dr. K. Lindberg. Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 24: 375-425 (page 416, Variety/subspecies of cunicularia)
• Ruzsky, M. 1896. Verzeichniss der Ameisen des östlichen Russlands und des Uralgebirges. Berl. Entomol. Z. 41: 67-74 (page 70, worker described)
• Siddiqui, J. A., Li, J., Zou, X., Bodlah, I., Huang, X. 2019. Meta-analysis of the global diversity and spatial patterns of aphid-ant mutualistic relationships. Applied Ecology and Environmental Research 17: 5471-5524 (doi:10.15666/aeer/1703_54715524).
• Stukalyuk, S.V., Radchenko, A., Reshetov, A., Akhmedov, A., Goncharenko, I. 2021. Comparative analysis of the population structure of Crematogaster subdentata and Lasius neglectus in the primary and secondary ranges (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Fragmenta Entomologica 53, 43-51 (doi:10.13133/2284-4880/436).
• Tarbinsky, Y.S. 1976. The ants of Kirghizia. Frunze: Ilim, 217 pp. (page 184, Variety/subspecies of cunicularia)