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Formica rufa subcaviceps
| Formica rufa subcaviceps | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica integroides) | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | Formica rufa subcaviceps Creighton, 1940 |
This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica integroides.
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- subcaviceps. Formica rufa subsp. subcaviceps Creighton, 1940a: 1, fig. 1 (w.m.) U.S.A. [First available use of Formica truncicola subsp. integra var. subcaviceps Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 540; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of integroides: Creighton, 1950a: 489.
References
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 204, catalogue)
- Creighton, W. S. 1940a. A revision of the North American variants of the ant Formica rufa. American Museum Novitates 1055: 1-10 (page 1, worker, male described)
- Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 489, junior synonym of integroides)
- Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 540, First available use of Formica trunicola subsp. integra var. subcaviceps; unavailable name.)