Formica rufibarbis caucasica

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Formica rufibarbis caucasica
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica clara)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica rufibarbis caucasica
Wheeler, W.M., 1913

This taxon is not in use as it is currently considered to be a junior synonym of Formica clara.

Nomenclature

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

  • caucasica. Formica rufibarbis var. caucasica Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 517 (w.) CAUCASUS. [First available use of Formica rufibarbis subsp. clara var. caucasica Ruzsky, 1905b: 401; unavailable name.] Subspecies of rufibarbis: Stitz, 1930: 238. Junior synonym of glauca: Dlussky, 1967a: 74; of clara: Seifert & Schultz, 2009: 263..

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