Formica argentea

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World

by Barry Bolton

Formica fusca var. argentea Wheeler, 1912cWheeler, W. M. 1912c. New names for some ants of the genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 19:90. [1912-06] PDF 130068: 90. AntWeb AntWiki

Replacement name for Formica argentata Wheeler, W.M., above.
[Junior primary homonym of Formica argentata Fabricius, 1804Fabricius, J. C. 1804. Systema Piezatorum secundum ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonymis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Brunswick: C. Reichard, xiv + 15-439 + 30 pp. [1804] PDF 124870: 413.].
Wheeler, 1913iWheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53:379-565. [1913-10] PDF 130081: 502 (q.m.).
Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925dEmery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. [1925-12-31] PDF 124775: 248.
Subspecies of Formica fusca: Buren, 1944aBuren, W. F. 1944a. A list of Iowa ants. Iowa State College Journal of Science 18:277-312. [1944-04] PDF 123329: 301.
Junior synonym of Formica fusca: Creighton, 1950aCreighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. [1950-04] PDF 123910: 532.
Revived from synonymy, raised to species and senior synonym of Formica blanda: Francoeur, 1973Francoeur, A. 1973. Révision taxonomique des espèces néarctiques du groupe fusca, genre Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Mémoires de la Société Entomologique du Québec 3:1-316. [1973-09] PDF 125328: 141.