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Formica rufa schmidti
| Formica rufa schmidti | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior homonym, replaced by Formica aquilonia) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica rufa schmidti Ruzsky, 1926 |
This taxon is a junior homonym and has been replaced by Formica aquilonia.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- schmidti. Formica rufa subsp. schmidti Ruzsky, 1926: 109 (w.) RUSSIA. [First available use of Formica rufa subsp. rufa var. schmidti Ruzsky, 1920: 78; unavailable name.] [Junior primary homonym of †schmidtii Heer, 1849: 138, above.] Synonymous with aquilonia: Dlussky, 1967a: 90, hence aquilonia the first available replacement name.
References
- Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp. (page 90, Synonymous with aquilonia, hence aquilonia the first available replacement name.)
- Ruzsky, M. 1920. Ants of Kamchatka. Izv. Inst. Issled. Sib. 2: 76-80 (page 78, [First available use of Formica rufa subsp. rufa var. schmidti Ruzsky, 1920: 78; unavailable name.] )
- 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 109, worker described)