Formica rufa clivia

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Formica rufa clivia
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica obscuriventris)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica rufa clivia
Creighton, 1940

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

Nomenclature

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

  • clivia. Formica rufa subsp. clivia Creighton, 1940a: 8, 8 (in key), fig. 1 (w.q.m.) U.S.A.
    • Subspecies of rufa: Cole, 1942: 380; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 868.
    • Subspecies of obscuriventris: Creighton, 1950a: 494; Cole, 1954c: 165; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 358.
    • Junior synonym of obscuriventris: Shattuck & Cover, 2016: 16.

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