Formica rasilis spicata

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Formica rasilis spicata Creighton, 1950 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica densiventris Viereck, 1903

Formica rasilis subsp. spicata Creighton, 1950a: 507 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. (Colorado). Nearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers, syntype queens, syntype males (numbers not stated, “numerous”). Primary type locality: U.S.A.: Colorado, Florissant, 8100 ft (W.M. Wheeler). Primary type depositories: AMNH, LACM, MCZC.

[First available use of Formica microgyna rasilis spicata Wheeler, 1913i; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1917a: 542; Emery, 1925d: 256; Smith, 1951c: 866.
Subspecies of Formica rasilis: Creighton, 1950a: 507; Cole, 1954c: 165.
Junior synonym of Formica densiventris: Cole, 1954a: 89; Cole, 1955b: 50; Smith, 1958c: 155; Smith, 1979: 1462; Bolton, 1995b: 204.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1954a. Studies of New Mexico ants. VIII. A solution to the Formica densiventris Viereck problem (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 29:89-90. PDF
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1954c. Studies of New Mexico ants. XI. The genus Formica with a description of a new species (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 29:163-167. PDF
Cole, A. C., Jr. 1955b. Studies of New Mexico ants. XV. Additions, corrections, and new synonymy. Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science 30:49-50. PDF
Creighton, W. S. 1950a. The ants of North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 104:1-585. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Smith, D. R. 1979. Superfamily Formicoidea. Pp. 1323-1467 in: Krombein, K. V.; Hurd, P. D.; Smith, D. R.; Burks, B. D. (eds.) 1979. Catalog of Hymenoptera in America north of Mexico. Volume 2. Apocrita (Aculeata). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. i-xvi, 1199-2209.
Smith, M. R. 1951c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 778-875 in: Muesebeck, C. F. W.; Krombein, K. V.; Townes, H. K. (eds.) 1951. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2:1-1420. PDF
Smith, M. R. 1958c. Family Formicidae. Pp. 108-162 in: Krombein, K. V. (ed.) 1958. Hymenoptera of America north of Mexico. Synoptic catalogue. First supplement. United States Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Monograph 2(suppl. 1):1-305. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 52:457-569. PDF

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