Formica rufibarbis subsp. subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902b: 472 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Dlussky, 1967a: 70). Primary type locality: Kazakhstan: Aral Sea (L. Berg). Primary type depository: ZMUM. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers (number not stated). Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: ZISP, ZMUM. Type notes: Seifert & Schultz, 2009a: 79, give data of the lectotype + 4 paralectotypes as: Karachingil ust., Syr Dari, 29.vi.1900 (L. Berg).

Infrasubspecies

• F. r. s. clara Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926
• F. r. s. clarior Ruzsky, 1915
• F. r. s. fallax Santschi, 1928