Formica piniphila Schenck, 1852 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761
Formica piniphila Schenck, 1852: 28 (w.q.m.) Attributed to Foerster. GERMANY. Palearctic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated). Primary type locality: Germany: Hessen-Nassau (Gansberg?) (Schenck). Primary type depository: unknown (no material known to exist). Type notes: Horn & Kahle, 1936: 242, say Schenck’s Hymenoptera specimens are in UMPU.
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