• [Formica adamsi Wheeler, 1908k: 408. Nomen nudum.]
• Subspecies of Formica adamsi whymperi: Wheeler, 1917a: 544; Creighton, 1950a: 509; Smith, 1951c: 873; Smith, 1958c: 160; Smith, 1979: 1463; Wheeler et al., 1994: 307.
• [Note: Wheeler, 1917a: 544; Creighton, 1950a: 509; Smith, 1958c: 160; Smith, 1979: 1463 all give Formica adamsi whymperi as senior synonym, but Formica adamsi has priority (Bolton, 1995b: 191).]
• Status as species: Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Wheeler, 1913i: 473 (redescription); Emery, 1925d: 256; Bolton, 1995b: 191; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 331.

Citations

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
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• 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. PDF
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