Formica alpina
Santschi, 1911
homonym replaced by Formica santschii Wheeler, 1913
Formica rufa var. alpina
Santschi, 1911j:
349, fig. 1 (w.)
ITALY.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2021: 165). Primary type locality: Italy: Valtellina, Mt N of Sondrio (G. Valerio). Primary type depository: NHMB. Primary type specimen: CASENT0912249 (lectotype).
Type notes:
Seifert, 2021: 165, cites 2 worker syntypes in NHMB.
- Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2021: 165.
- [Junior primary homonym of Formica adamsi alpina .]
- [Formica rufa alpina Forel, 1911l: 458. Nomen nudum (attributed to Santschi).]
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1916a: 256; Stärcke, 1926a: 149 (in key).
- Subspecies of Formica rufa: Donisthorpe, 1914a: 40; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 265; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 307; Stärcke, 1947: 145.
- Status as species: Bondroit, 1918: 59.
- Replacement name: Formica santschii .
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Bondroit, J. 1918. Les fourmis de France et de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 87:1-174. PDF
- Donisthorpe, H. 1914a. Myrmecophilous notes for 1913. Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 26:37-45. PDF
- Donisthorpe, H. 1915f. British ants, their life-history and classification. Plymouth: Brendon & Son Ltd., xv + 379 pp. PDF
- Donisthorpe, H. 1927c. British ants, their life history and classification (2nd edn.). London: G. Routledge and Sons, xvi + 436 pp.
- Emery, C. 1916a ("1915"). Fauna entomologica italiana. I. Hymenoptera.-Formicidae. Bullettino della Società Entomologica Italiana 47:79-275. PDF
- Forel, A. 1911l. Sur le genre Metapone n. g. nouveau groupe des Formicides et sur quelques autres formes nouvelles. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 19:445-459. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1911j. Une nouvelle variété de Formica rufa L. (Hym. Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 1911:349-350. PDF
- Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31:133-179. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 PDF
- Stärcke, A. 1926a. Determineertabel voor werkmieren uit Nederland en omliggend gebied, met inbegrip der in kassen zich voortplantende exoten. Levende Natuur 31:79-95, 117-125, 146-151. PDF
- Stärcke, A. 1947. Die boreale vorm van de roode boschmier (Formica rufa rufa Nyl.) op de Hooge Veluwe. Entomologische Berichten (Amsterdam) 12:144-146. PDF
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valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
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