Formica rufitarsis

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

Nomenclature

 * rufitarsis. Formica rufitarsis Fabricius, 1804: 406 (w.) AUSTRIA.
 * Combination in Aphaenogaster: Roger, 1863b: 29.
 * Combination in Messor: Emery, 1921b: 211.
 * Subspecies of barbarus: Emery, 1921b: 211.
 * Subspecies of structor: Santschi, 1926f: 290; Santschi, 1927d: 247; Menozzi, 1933b: 54; Santschi, 1934d: 275; Santschi, 1939c: 6; Pisarski, 1975: 16.
 * Status as species: Röszler, 1942a: 51; Röszler, 1942b: 32; Röszler, 1951: 88; Bernard, 1955a: 361 (in key); Bernard, 1956b: 258; Baroni Urbani, 1964b: 41; Pisarski, 1967: 383; Bernard, 1967: 144 (redescription); Kutter, 1968a: 59; Pisarski, 1970: 306; Arnol’di, 1970a: 79; Tarbinsky, 1976: 54; van Boven, 1977: 88; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 63; Kutter, 1977c: 82; Arnol'di, 1977b: 1643 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 537 (in key); Bernard, 1981b: 143.
 * Junior synonym of structor: Nylander, 1856b: 85; Smith, F. 1858b: 162; Smith, F. 1861a: 35; Roger, 1863b: 29; Mayr, 1863: 397; Emery & Forel, 1879: 462; Nasonov, 1889: 37; Emery, 1921f: 73; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 54; Casevitz-Weulersse, 1990a: 154; Bolton, 1995b: 256; Steiner, Csösz, et al. 2018: 399.