Formica nigropratensis

Formica nigropratensis
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica pratensis)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. nigropratensis
Binomial name
Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962

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

Nomenclature

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

• nigropratensis. Formica nigropratensis Betrem, 1962: 38 (w.) EUROPE. Material of the unavailable names foreli, incisa referred here by Betrem, 1962: 38.
  • Junior synonym of pratensis: Seifert, 2021: 161.

References

• Betrem, J. G. 1962a. Quelques remarques sur l'identité de la Formica nigricans. Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 22: 38 (page 38, Material of the unavailable names foreli and incisa referred here)
• Betrem, J. G. 1962a. Quelques remarques sur l'identité de la Formica nigricans. Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 22: 38 (page 38, worker described)
• Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
• Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31: 133-179 (doi:10.25849/MYRMECOL.NEWS_031:133).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Borowiec L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.