Formica exsecta rufomaculata

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Formica exsecta rufomaculata
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica pressilabris)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica exsecta rufomaculata
Ruzsky, 1895

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

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • rufomaculata. Formica exsecta var. rufomaculata Ruzsky, 1895: 13 (w.) RUSSIA. [Also described as new by Ruzsky, 1896: 68.] Subspecies of pressilabris: Ruzsky, 1902e: 16. Raised to species: Dlussky, 1964: 1035. Junior synonym of pressilabris: Seifert, 2000a: 541. See also: Dlussky, 1967a: 108; Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 552; Kupyanskaya, 1990: 203.

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