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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
Catalog
›
Formicidae
›
Formicinae
›
Formicini
›
Coptoformica
Coptoformica
Müller, 1923
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Formica
Linnaeus, 1758 feminine
Coptoformica
Müller, 1923a
: 74 [as subgenus of
Formica
] Type-species:
Formica exsecta
, by subsequent designation of
Donisthorpe, 1941f
: 37.
[
Coptoformica
also described as new by
Müller, 1923b
: 146.]
Coptoformica
as senior synonym of
Adformica
:
Stitz, 1939
: 306.
[Note:
Adformica
and
Coptoformica
share the same type-species, synonymy is therefore absolute.]
Coptoformica
as junior synonym of
Formica
:
Smith, 1951c
: 860;
Smith, 1979
: 1448;
Agosti, 1994b
: 107;
Bolton, 1995b
: 25;
Tang
et al.
, 1995
: 103;
Bolton, 2003
: 128.
[Note: many authors retain
Coptoformica
as a subgenus of
Formica
; the name is often encountered in the regional literature.]
Obsolete classifications
Formica (Coptoformica)
Citations
Agosti, D.
1994b.
The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus.
Systematic Entomology 19:93-117.
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Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Bolton, B.
2003.
Synopsis and classification of Formicidae.
Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 71:1-370.
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Müller, G.
1923a.
Note mirmecologiche.
Memorie della Società Entomologica Italiana 2:65-76.
PDF
Müller, G.
1923b.
Le formiche della Venezia Guilia e della Dalmazia.
Bollettino della Società Adriatica di Scienze Naturali in Trieste 28:11-180.
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Smith, D. R.
1979.
Superfamily Formicoidea.
Pp. 1323-1467 in:
Krombein, K. V.
;
Hurd, P. D.
;
Smith, D. R.
;
Burks, B. D.
(eds.) 1979.
Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata).
Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R.
1951c.
Family Formicidae.
Pp. 778-875 in:
Muesebeck, C. F. W.
;
Krombein, K. V.
;
Townes, H. K.
(eds.) 1951.
Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture.
Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420.
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Stitz, H.
1939.
Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meersteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 37. Theil. Hautflüger oder Hymenoptera. I: Ameisen oder Formicidae.
Jena: G. Fischer, 428 pp.
Tang, J.
;
Li, S.
;
Huang, E.
;
Zhang, B.
;
Chen, Y.
1995.
Economic insect fauna of China. Fasc. 47. Hymenoptera: Formicidae (1). [In Chinese.].
Beijing: Academy of Science Publishing House, ix + 134 pp.
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synonym
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homonym
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