Formica sanguinea sublucida

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Formica sanguinea sublucida
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica pergandei)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica sanguinea sublucida
Creighton, 1950

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

Nomenclature

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

  • sublucida. Formica sublucida Creighton, 1950a: 472 (w.q.) U.S.A. [First available use of Formica sanguinea subsp. rubicunda var. sublucida Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 408; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of subintegra: Wilson & Brown, 1955: 120; of pergandei: Buren, 1968a: 28.

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