This history item belongs to Formica fusca var. argentea Wheeler, 1912

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica argentea

Junior synonym of Formica fusca: Creighton, 1950a: 532; Smith, 1958c: 155.


Junior synonym of {prott 163207}: {ref 123910}: 532; {ref 128854}: 155.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2020-12-24
Related records
Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Formica argentea Species Valid
Formica fusca argentea Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica argentea Wheeler, 1912
Other history items belonging to Formica fusca var. argentea
#254639 Replacement name for Formica fusca argentata Wheeler, 1902f. [Junior primary homonym of Polyrhachis argentata Fabricius, 1804.]
#254641 Wheeler, 1913i: 502 (q.m.)
#254642 Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d: 248.
#289335 As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1913i: 499; Emery, 1925d: 248.
#254643 Subspecies of Formica fusca: Wheeler, 1913i: 398 (in key); Wheeler, 1917a: 545; Cole, 1936a: 38; Cole, 1937b: 138; Wing, 1939: 165; Cole, 1942: 383; Buren, 1944a: 301; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944: 260; Smith, 1951c: 864.
#254644 (selected) Junior synonym of Formica fusca: Creighton, 1950a: 532; Smith, 1958c: 155.
#289336 Status as species: Francoeur, 1973: 141 (redescription); Francoeur, 1975: 261; Hunt & Snelling, 1975: 23; Francoeur, 1977b: 208; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b: 15 (in key); Yensen et al., 1977: 184; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1978b: 394; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979: 4; Smith, 1979: 1452; Allred, 1982: 462; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g: 89; MacKay et al., 1988: 113; Wheeler et al., 1994: 306; Bolton, 1995b: 191; Mackay & Mackay, 2002: 334; Coovert, 2005: 140; Ward, 2005: 63; Ellison et al., 2012: 147.
#254645 Senior synonym of Formica fusca blanda: Francoeur, 1973: 141; Smith, 1979: 1452; Bolton, 1995b: 191.