Formica rizadaghi

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Formica rizadaghi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica clara)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica rizadaghi
Arnol'di, 1968

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

Nomenclature

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

  • rizadaghi. Formica (Serviformica) rizadaghi Arnol'di, 1968: 1819, figs. 19, 20 (w.q.) TURKMENIA. Junior synonym of clara: Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990: 139.

References

  • Arnol'di, K. V. 1968b. Important additions to the myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR, and descriptions of new forms. Zool. Zh. 4 47: 1800-1822 (page 1819, figs. 19, 20 worker, queen described)
  • Dlussky, G. M.; Soyunov, O. S.; Zabelin, S. I. 1990 [1989]. Ants of Turkmenistan. Ashkhabad: Ylym Press, 273 pp. (page 139, Junior synonym of clara)