Formica fusca picea
Nylander, 1846
an obsolete combination of Formica picea Nylander, 1846
Formica picea
Nylander, 1846a:
917 (w.q.)
FINLAND.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2004: 31). Primary type locality: Finland: Helsingfors (= Helsinki) (W. Nylander). Primary type depository: ZMHF.
Type notes:
1) The same specimen was also designated as lectotype by Radchenko, 2007: 35. 2) Other original syntype locality: Finland: Uleåborg (= Oulu) (Nylander); specimens apparently lost.
Infrasubspecies
- F. f. p. formosae Forel, 1913
- F. f. p. inplana Ruzsky, 1915
- F. f. p. piceogagates Ruzsky, 1915
- F. f. p. piceoinplana Ruzsky, 1915
- F. f. p. yatsuensis Teranishi, 1940
Citations
- Nylander, W. 1846a. Adnotationes in monographiam formicarum borealium Europae. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 2:875-944. PDF
- Radchenko, A. G. 2007. The ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the collection of William Nylander. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw) 50:27-41. PDF
- Seifert, B. 2004. The "Black Bog Ant" Formica picea Nylander, 1846 - a species different from Formica candida Smith, 1878 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecologische Nachrichten 6:29-38. PDF