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Formica rufibarbis caucasica Wheeler, 1913 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica clara Forel, 1886
Formica rufibarbis var. caucasica Wheeler, 1913i: 517 (w.) RUSSIA (Dagestan), ARMENIA, GEORGIA. Palearctic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 263). Primary type locality: lectotype Kavkaz (= Caucasus region) (no further data) (M. Ruzsky). Primary type depository: ZMUM. Type notes: Original syntype localities: Russia (“Kavkaz”): Dagestan, okr. Khodzhal-Makha, vi.1899 (M. Ruzsky), Dagestan, foot of Atly-buyun ridge, 1899 (no collector’s name), Armenia (“Zakavkaz”): Aralykh, 14.ix.1900 (K.A. Satunin), Georgia: road from Abastuman to Akhaltsykh, 1899 (M. Ruzsky?).
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