Formica rufa tshugunovi

Formica rufa tshugunovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. rufa
Subspecies:	F. rufa tshugunovi
Trinomial name
Formica rufa tshugunovi Ruzsky, 1914

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation (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.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• tshugunovi. Formica rufa var. tshugunovi Ruzsky, 1914b: 102 (w.) RUSSIA. Currently subspecies of rufa: Ruzsky, 1926: 110.

References

• Ruzsky, M. 1914b. Ants of Surgut district, Tobolsk province. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 14: 100-105 (page 102, worker described)
• Ruzsky, M. 1926. A systematic list of the ants found in Siberia. I. Review of the species of the genera Camponotus (s. ext.) and Formica (s. str.). Izv. Tomsk. Gos. Univ. 77: 107-111 (page 110, subspecies of rufa)