Formica rufa tahoensis

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

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

Nomenclature

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

  • tahoensis. Formica rufa subsp. tahoensis Creighton, 1940a: 1, fig. 1 (w.q.) U.S.A. [First available use of Formica truncicola subsp. integroides var. tahoensis Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 538; unavailable name.] Cole, 1956g: 260 (q.m.). Subspecies of integra: Creighton, 1950a: 488. Junior synonym of haemorrhoidalis: Brown, 1965d: 181; of ravida: Bolton, 1995b: 205.

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