Formica rufa montana

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Formica rufa montana
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Formica lugubris)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: Formica rufa montana
Sadil, 1953

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

Nomenclature

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

  • montana. Formica rufa var. montana Sadil, 1953b: 198, fig. 1 (q.) CZECHOSLOVAKIA. [Unresolved junior primary homonym of montana Wheeler, W.M., above.] Junior synonym of lugubris: Samsinak, 1964: 157.

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