Formica nitidiventris

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Formica nitidiventris Emery, 1893 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica pallidefulva Latreille, 1802

Formica pallidefulva subsp. nitidiventris Emery, 1893k: 656, pl. 22, figs. 13, 19 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (District of Columbia, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Virginia). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens (numbers not stated). Primary type localities: U.S.A.: District of Columbia (T. Pergande) (invalid restriction of type locality by Wheeler, 1913i: 556; no lectotype designated), U.S.A.: Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, and Virginia (no further data). Primary type depository: MSNG.

[Misspelled as nitridiventris by Cokendolpher & Francke, 1990: 43.]
Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c: 159 (l.)
Combination in Formica (Neoformica): Wheeler, 1913i: 555.
Subspecies of Formica pallidefulva: Wheeler, 1900c: 47; Wheeler, 1904f: 306; Wheeler, 1904i: 370 (in key); Wheeler, 1905j: 400; Wheeler, 1906g: 18; Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Santschi, 1911d: 7; Wheeler, 1913i: 555 (redescription); Wheeler, 1916r: 598; Wheeler, 1917a: 555; Wheeler, 1917k: 465; Emery, 1925d: 245; Smith, 1928c: 278; Menozzi, 1932b: 312; Dennis, 1938: 299; Wesson & Wesson, 1940: 102; Buren, 1944a: 310; Creighton, 1950a: 550; Smith, 1951c: 859; Cole, 1954c: 167; Smith, 1958c: 153; Smith, 1967a: 370; Yensen et al., 1977: 185; Smith, 1979: 1451; DuBois & LaBerge, 1988: 148; Wheeler et al., 1994: 306.
Status as species: Francoeur, 1977b: 208; Bolton, 1995b: 199; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 356; Coovert, 2005: 136.
Junior synonym of Formica pallidefulva: Trager et al., 2007: 624.

Obsolete combinations

Formica pallidefulva nitidiventris

Citations

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