Proformica nitida alpina

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Proformica nitida alpina
Scientific classification (junior synonym of Proformica nitida)
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Proformica
Species: Proformica nitida alpina
Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927

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

Nomenclature

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

  • alpina. Proformica nitida var. alpina Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927b: 26 (w.) RUSSIA. Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928a: 22 (m.). Senior synonym of orites (unnecessary replacement name): Dlussky, 1969a: 222. Junior synonym of nitida: Dlussky, 1969a: 222; Tarbinsky, 1976: 166.

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