Formica pratensis rufoides

Formica pratensis rufoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. pratensis
Subspecies:	F. pratensis rufoides
Trinomial name
Formica pratensis rufoides Stärcke, 1926

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Switzerland (type locality).

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.

Nomenclature

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

• rufoides. Formica pratensis subsp. rufoides Stärcke, 1926: 150 (w.) (diagnosis in key).
  • [First available use of Formica rufa r. pratensis var. rufoides Forel, 1874: 368 (w.) SWITZERLAND; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name (Bolton, 1995b: 203.]
  • Subspecies of pratensis: Holgersen, 1944: 186.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 203, Unavailable name)
• Forel, A. 1874. Les fourmis de la Suisse. Systématique, notices anatomiques et physiologiques, architecture, distribution géographique, nouvelles expériences et observations de moeurs. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 26: 1-452 (page 368, worker described)
• Holgersen, H. 1944. The ants of Norway. Nytt Magasin for Naturvidenskapene 84: 165-203.
• Stärcke, A. 1926. Determineertabel voor werkmieren uit Nederland en omliggend gebied, met inbegrip der in kassen zich voortplantende exoten. Levende Natuur 31: 79-95, 117-125, 146-151.