Formica fusca marcida

Formica fusca marcida
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica subaenescens)
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	Formica fusca marcida Wheeler, W.M., 1913

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

Nomenclature

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

• marcida. Formica fusca var. marcida Wheeler, W.M., 1913f: 398 (in key) (w.q.) CANADA.
  • [Formica fusca subsp. fusca var. marcida Wheeler, W.M., 1913f: 503; unavailable name.]
  • Subspecies of fusca: Wheeler, W.M., 1917a: 546.
  • Raised to species: Creighton, 1950a: 534.
  • Junior synonym of fusca: Francoeur, 1973: 189.
  • Junior synonym of subaenescens: Schar et al., 2018: 6.

References

• Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 534, Raised to species)
• Francoeur, A. 1973. Révision taxonomique des espèces néarctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Mém. Soc. Entomol. Qué. 3: 1-316 (page 189, Junior synonym of fusca)
• Schar, S., Talavera, G., Espadaler, X., Rana, J.D., Andersen, A.A., Cover, S.P., Vila, R. 2018. Do Holarctic ant species exist? Trans-Beringian dispersal and homoplasy in the Formicidae. Journal of Biogeography 2018:1–12 (doi:10.1111/jbi.13380).
• Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565 (page 398, worker, queen described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379-565 (page 503, Formica fusca subsp. fusca var. marcida Wheeler: unavailable name)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 546, Variety of fusca)