Formica sanguinea monticola

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Formica sanguinea monticola
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica sanguinea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica sanguinea monticola
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926

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

Nomenclature

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

  • monticola. Formica sanguinea subsp. monticola Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926b: 95, figs. 3, 4 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of monticola Buckley, 1866: 157, above.] Junior synonym of sanguinea: Dlussky, 1965a: 16.

References

  • Dlussky, G. M. 1965a. Ants of the genus Formica L. of Mongolia and northeast Tibet (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 23: 15-43 (page 16, Junior synonym of sanguinea)
  • Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, N. N. 1926c. Contributions to the knowledge of the myrmecology of Turkestan. I. Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 20: 93-100 (page 95, figs. 3, 4 worker described)