Formica aserva

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World

by Barry Bolton

Formica sanguinea r. aserva Forel, 1901lForel, A. 1901l. Fourmis termitophages, Lestobiose, Atta tardigrada, sous-genres d'Euponera. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 45:389-398. [1901-12-30] PDF 125116: 395 (w.q.) CANADA. Nearctic. AntWeb AntWiki HOL

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: 405 (m.).
Combination in Formica (Raptiformica): Emery, 1925dEmery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. [1925-12-31] PDF 124775: 260.
Synonym of Formica subnuda: Creighton, 1950aCreighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. [1950-04] PDF 123910: 469; Wilson & Brown, 1955Wilson, E. O.; Brown, W. L., Jr. 1955. Revisionary notes on the sanguinea and neogagates groups of the ant genus Formica. Psyche (Cambridge) 62:108-129. [1955-11-08] PDF 130408: 118; Buren, 1968aBuren, W. F. 1968a. Some fundamental taxonomic problems in Formica (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Georgia Entomological Society 3:25-40. [1968-04] PDF 123332: 33.
[All these authors give Formica subnuda as the senior name but the date of availability of Formica subnuda makes it clear that Formica aserva has seniority: Bolton, 1995bBolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. [1995-10] 122860: 191; see also under Formica subnuda.].