Formica pallidefulva succinea

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Formica pallidefulva succinea
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica pallidefulva)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica pallidefulva succinea
Wheeler, W.M., 1904

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

Nomenclature

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

  • succinea. Formica pallidefulva var. succinea Wheeler, W.M. 1904f: 369 (diagnosis in key) (w.) U.S.A. Wheeler, W.M. 1913f: 551 (q.m.). Junior synonym of pallidefulva: Creighton, 1950a: 550.

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 205, catalogue)
  • Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104: 1-585 (page 550, Junior synonym of pallidefulva)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1904i. A new type of social parasitism among ants. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 20: 347-375 (page 369, worker 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 551, queen, male described)