Formica californica

The identity and status of this taxon have not been ascertained. It is included in Formica by Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue as a taxon at species-rank, to dissociate it from its original combination in Myrmecocystus, and to separate it from its original rank as a subspecies of Myrmecocystus melliger. The name californicus is not mentioned in Snelling's 1976 revision of Myrmecocystus.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States.

Nomenclature

 *  californica. Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. californicus Creighton, 1950a: 445 (w.) U.S.A. [First available use of Myrmecocystus melliger subsp. mimicus var. californicus Cole, 1936b: 118; unavailable name.] [Unresolved junior secondary homonym of californica Wheeler, W.M. (Bolton, 1995b: 192).] Combination in Formica: Snelling, R.R. 1969a: 2. [Identity and status of this taxon have not been ascertained.]