Formica subpilosa
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| Formica subpilosa | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. subpilosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902
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| Synonyms | |
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This ant has been associated with a butterfly species that has recently been split into two species: Polyommatus icarus and Polyommatus celin. Presently it is unclear if this association is between F. rufibarus and one or the other of these species, or both (Obregon et al. 2015).
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Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, China, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Russian Federation (type locality), Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- subpilosa. Formica rufibarbis subsp. subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902b: 472 (w.) RUSSIA. Karavaiev, 1910b: 17 (q.m.). Combination in F. (Serviformica): Emery, 1925b: 250. Raised to species: Bondroit, 1918: 51; Collingwood, 1961a: 70. Junior synonym of rufibarbis: Bernard, 1967: 297. Revived from synonymy, with status as species: Dlussky, 1965a: 28; Dlussky, 1967a: 70; Tarbinsky, 1976: 189. Senior synonym of bipilosa and material of the unavailable names clara, fallax referred here: Dlussky, 1965a: 28. Material of the unavailable name subpilosoclara referred here by Dlussky, 1967a: 70. See also: Seifert & Schultz, 2008: 79.
- bipilosa. Formica (Serviformica) cinerea var. bipilosa Karavaiev, 1926e: 199 (w.) RUSSIA. Raised to species: Collingwood, 1961a: 70; Collingwood, 1961b: 289. Junior synonym of subpilosa: Dlussky, 1965a: 28.
Description
References
- Karavaiev, V. 1910. Nachtrag zu meinen "Ameisen aus Transcaspien und Turkestan". Rus. Entomol. Obozr. 9: 268-272 (page 17, queen, male described)
- Obregon, R., M. R. Shaw, J. Fernandez-Haeger, and D. Jordano. 2015. Parasitoid and ant interactions of some Iberian butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera). Shilap-Revista De Lepidopterologia. 43:439-454.
- Ruzsky, M. 1902b. Neue Ameisen aus Russland. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. Syst. Geogr. Biol. Tiere 17: 469-484 (page 472, worker described)
