Formica subpilosa ruzskyi

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Formica subpilosa ruzskyi
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica clarissima)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica subpilosa ruzskyi
Dlussky, 1965

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

Nomenclature

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

  • ruzskyi. Formica subpilosa subsp. ruzskyi Dlussky, 1965a: 30. Unnecessary replacement name for clarior Ruzsky, 1915a: 421; unavailable name. Junior synonym of clarissima: Bolton, 1995b: 203. See also: Kupyanskaya, 1990: 188.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 203, Junior synonym of clarissima)
  • Dlussky, G. M. 1965a. Ants of the genus Formica L. of Mongolia and northeast Tibet (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 23: 15-43 (page 30, Unnecessary replacement name for clarior Ruzsky, 1915a: 421; unavailable name. ; Formica)
  • Kupyanskaya, A. N. 1990a. Ants of the Far Eastern USSR. Vladivostok: Akademiya Nauk SSSR, 258 pp. (page 188, see also)
  • Ruzsky, M. 1915a. On the ants of Tibet and the southern Gobi. On material collected on the expedition of Colonel P. K. Kozlov. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 20: 418-444 (page 421, Unnecessary replacement name for clarior Ruzsky, 1915a: 421; unavailable name. )