Formica rufibarbis caucasica Wheeler, 1913 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica clara Forel, 1886
Formica rufibarbis var. caucasica Wheeler, 1913i: 517 (w.) CAUCASUS. 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) (Ruzsky). Primary type depository: ZMUM. Type notes: Original syntype localities: Russia: Dagestan, Khodzhal-Makha, vi.1899 (Ruzsky?), Dagestan, foot of Atly-buyun, 1899 (no collector’s name), Armenia (“Zakavkaz”): Aralykh, 14.ix.1900 (Satunin), Georgia: road from Abastuman to Akhaltsykh, 1899 (no collector’s name).
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