Formica montaniformis

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Formica montaniformis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. montaniformis
Binomial name
Formica montaniformis
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929

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

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

Russian Federation (type locality).

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • montaniformis. Formica rufibarbis var. montaniformis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 39 (w.) DAGHESTAN. Junior synonym of glauca: Dlussky, 1967a: 74 (misspelled as montanoides). Unidentifiable taxon: Seifert & Schultz, 2009: 272.

Description

References

  • Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp. (page 74, Junior synonym of glauca [misspelled as montanoides.])
  • Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1929b. Die Ameisenfauna Daghestans. Zool. Anz. 83: 34-45 (page 39, worker described)