Formica rufibarbis var. clara Forel, 1886h: 206 (w.) SYRIA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Syria: Damas(cus) (Lortet). Primary type depositories: MHNG, SIZK. Primary type specimen: CASENT0917874. Type notes: 1) Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 263, cite 9 worker syntypes in MHNG. 2) Radchenko et al., 2025: 481, cite 2 syntype workers in SIZK.

Infrasubspecies

• F. r. c. caucasica Ruzsky, 1905
• F. r. c. clarorufibarbis Ruzsky, 1905
• F. r. c. subpilosoclara Ruzsky, 1905