Formica clarissima

Formica clarissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. clarissima
Binomial name
Formica clarissima Emery, 1925
Synonyms
Formica subpilosa ruzskyi Dlussky, 1965

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 50.165° to 36.75°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: China, Mongolia, Russian Federation (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Images from AntWeb

Type of Formica rufibarbis clarissima. Worker. Specimen code antweb1008388. Photographer Roland Schultz, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences.	Owned by ZMMU, Moscow, Russia.

Nomenclature

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

• clarissima. Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis var. clarissima Emery, 1925b: 250 (w.) RUSSIA. [First available name for material formerly referred to clarior Ruzsky, 1915a: 421, above; unavailable name.] Senior synonym of ruzskyi (unnecessary replacement name): Bolton, 1995b: 193. Subspecies of subpilosa: Dlussky, 1965a: 30 (under the name ruzskyi). Raised to species: Seifert & Schultz, 2008: 79.
• 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 based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Dlussky G. M., and B. Pisarski. 1970. Formicidae aus der Mongolei. Ergebnisse der Mongolisch-Deutschen Biologischen Expeditionen seit 1962, Nr. 46. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 46: 85-90.
• Gregg R. E. 1969. Geographic distribution of the ant genus Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 71: 38-49.
• Seifert B., and R. Schultz. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12: 67-83.