Formica clara

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Afghanistan, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Israel, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Nomenclature

 *  clara. Formica rufibarbis var. clara Forel, 1886f: 206 (w.) RUSSIA. Ruzsky, 1902b: 471 (q.m.). Combination in F. (Serviformica): Emery, 1925b: 250. Subspecies of rufibarbis: Forel, 1901h: 65. Raised to species: Collingwood, 1961a: 68; Dlussky, 1967a: 77. Material of the unavailable names transversa, clara referred here by Dlussky, 1967a: 77. Senior synonym of rizadaghi: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 139; of caucasica, lusatica: Seifert & Schultz, 2009: 263. See also: Czechowski, Radchenko, et al. 2012: 220. Current subspecies: nominal plus sinae.
 * 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..
 * rizadaghi. Formica (Serviformica) rizadaghi Arnol'di, 1968: 1819, figs. 19, 20 (w.q.) TURKMENIA. Junior synonym of clara: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 139.
 * lusatica. Formica lusatica Seifert, 1997b: 13, figs. 2, 6 (w.) GERMANY. Czechowski & Radchenko, 2006: 260 (m.). Junior synonym of clara: Seifert & Schultz, 2009: 263.