Formica exsectorubens

This name was given by Ruzsky (1905, p. 359) to light colored specimens from the Volga river region which had a reddish patch on frontal face of 1st gaster tergite and which he considered as transitionary form between what he called Formica exsecta and Formica exsecta rubens (a junior synonym of F. exsecta). Ruzsky did not made further descriptive statements nor did he report collecting data or an explicit type locality (Seifert & Schultz, 2021). The existence or location of the types for this taxa is unknown and their descriptions are lacking diagnostic information. As a consequence, these taxa are incertae sedis and students of Coptoformica should not speculatively use these names in any context unless types are discovered and reliably identified (Seifert, 2000).

Distribution based on type material
Palaearctic Region: Russian Federation.

Nomenclature

 *  exsectorubens. Formica exsecta var. exsectorubens Ruzsky, 1905b: page? Unidentifiable taxon: Seifert, 2000a: 562.