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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Formicini
›
Formica
›
Formica rufa
›
Formica rufa rufopratensis
Formica
rufa
rufopratensis
Forel, 1874
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Formica lugubris
Zetterstedt, 1838
Formica rufa var. rufopratensis
Forel, 1874
: 53, 56 (in key) (w.q.) SWITZERLAND. Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Switzerland: (no further data). Primary type depository:
MHNG
.
Type notes:
Seifert, 2021
: 164, cites 2 queen syntypes.
Stitz, 1939
: 338 (m.)
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name:
Emery & Forel, 1879
: 450;
Lameere, 1892
: 63;
Ruzsky, 1905b
: 346;
Emery, 1909b
: 186;
Wheeler, 1913i
: 427;
Emery, 1916a
: 256;
Ruzsky, 1916
: 4;
Nadig, 1918
: 341;
Krausse, 1926b
: 115;
Stärcke, 1926a
: 150 (in key).
Subspecies of
Formica pratensis
:
Dalla Torre, 1893
: 205;
Ruzsky, 1903c
: 205.
Subspecies of
Formica rufa
:
André, 1882c
: 184;
Ruzsky, 1896
: 68;
Ruzsky, 1902e
: 15;
Ruzsky, 1904a
: 291;
Wheeler, 1913i
: 390 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1914a
: 40;
Forel, 1915d
: 58 (in key);
Donisthorpe, 1915f
: 262;
Ruzsky, 1915b
: 7;
Menozzi, 1922c
: 331;
Emery, 1925d
: 253;
Donisthorpe, 1927c
: 304;
Karavaiev, 1927d
: 282 (in key);
Karavaiev, 1927e
: 346;
Karavaiev, 1929d
: 216;
Karavaiev, 1930b
: 149;
Karavaiev, 1931b
: 32;
Karavaiev, 1931e
: 216;
Gösswald, 1932
: 31;
Ruzsky, 1936
: 91;
Gösswald, 1941
: 78;
Novák & Sadil, 1941
: 105 (in key);
Holgersen, 1942b
: 13;
Holgersen, 1943c
: 176 (in key);
Holgersen, 1944a
: 186.
Junior synonym of
Formica rufa
:
Karavaiev, 1936
: 240;
Bernard, 1967a
: 308;
Dlussky, 1967a
: 93;
Baroni Urbani, 1971c
: 222;
Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971
: 184;
Pisarski, 1975
: 48;
Bolton, 1995b
: 203;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2002
: 71;
Czechowski
et al.
, 2012
: 190;
Radchenko, 2016
: 284.
Junior synonym of
Formica lugubris
:
Seifert, 2021
: 164.
Infrasubspecies
F. r. r. minor
Gösswald, 1941
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1971c.
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British ants, their life-history and classification.
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Forel, A.
1915d.
Fauna insectorum helvetiae. Hymenoptera. Formicidae. Die Ameisen der Schweiz.
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Gösswald, K.
1932.
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Zeitschrift für Wissenschaftliche Zoologie 142:1-156.
PDF
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1941.
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PDF
Holgersen, H.
1942b.
Ants of northern Norway (Hym., Form.).
Tromso Museums Årshefter [Aarshefter] 63(2):1-34.
PDF
Holgersen, H.
1943c.
Bestemmelsestabell over norske maur (Hym., Formicidae).
Norsk Entomologisk Tidsskrift 6:164-182.
PDF
Holgersen, H.
1944a.
The ants of Norway (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
Nytt Magasin for Naturvidenskapene 84:165-203.
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Karavaiev, V.
1927d.
The ant fauna of Ukraine. [In Ukrainian.].
Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 2:1-52 [= Trudy. Ukrains'ka Akademiya Nauk. Fizichno-Matematichnoho Viddilu 4:247-296].
Karavaiev, V.
1927e.
Ameisen aus dem paläarktischen Gebiet. II.
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Karavaiev, V.
1929d.
Myrmekologische Fragmente. II.
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1930b.
Beitrag zur Ameisenfauna der schwedischen Inseln Gotland und Oeland.
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Karavaiev, V.
1931b.
Beitrag zur Ameisenfauna der Umgebung des Baikalsees.
Zoologischer Anzeiger 93:28-32.
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1931e.
Uebersicht der Ameisenfauna von Schweden.
Zbirnyk Prats' Zoolohichnoho Muzeyu 10:207-220 [= Trudy. Vseukrains'ka Akademiya Nauk. Pryrodnycho-Technichnoho Viddilu 5:207-220].
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1926b.
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1892.
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1922c.
Contribution à la faune myrmécologique de l'Espagne.
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1918.
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1941.
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1975.
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Verzeichniss der Ameisen des östlichen Russlands und des Uralgebirges.
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