Formica cinerea novaki

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Formica cinerea novaki
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica cinerea)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica cinerea novaki
Kratochvíl, 1941

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

Nomenclature

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

  • novaki. Formica cinerea var. novaki Kratochvíl, in Novak & Sadil, 1941: 106 (w.q.) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. Junior synonym of cinerea: Seifert, 2002b: 251.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 200, catalogue)
  • Kratochvíl, J. 1941d. [Untitled. New variety, Formica cinerera var. novaki, attributed to Kratochvíl.]. P. 106 in: Novák, V., Sadil, J. Klíc k urcování mravencu strední Evropy se zvlástním zretelem k mravencí zvírene Cech a Moravy. Entomol. Listy 4:65- (page 106, worker, queen described)
  • Seifert, B. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Formica cinerea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abh. Ber. Naturkundemus. Görlitz 74(2): 245-272 (page 251, Junior synonym of cinerea)