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Formica rufa clivia
| Formica rufa clivia | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica obscuriventris) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica rufa clivia Creighton, 1940 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica obscuriventris.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- clivia. Formica rufa subsp. clivia Creighton, 1940a: 8, 8 (in key), fig. 1 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.
- Subspecies of rufa: Cole, 1942: 380; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 868.
- Subspecies of obscuriventris: Creighton, 1950a: 494; Cole, 1954c: 165; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 358.
- Junior synonym of obscuriventris: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 16.
References
- Creighton, W. S. 1940a. A revision of the North American variants of the ant Formica rufa. American Museum Novitates 1055: 1-10.
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 494, subspecies of obscuriventris)
- Mackay, W. P. and E. Mackay. 2002. The ants of New Mexico (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Edwin Mellen Press, Lewiston, NY.
- Shattuck, S.O., Cover, S. 2016. Taxonomy of some little-understood North American ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 4175: 10–22 (doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4175.1.2).