This history item belongs to Formica rufa subsp. melanotica Creighton, 1940

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica rufa melanotica

Junior synonym of Formica obscuripes: Creighton, 1950a: 492; Smith, 1958c: 157; Smith, 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 198; Coovert, 2005: 150.


Junior synonym of {prott 163384}: {ref 123910}: 492; {ref 128854}: 157; {ref 128659}: 1460; {ref 122860}: 198; {ref 143326}: 150.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2012-09-12
  • Updated at: 2020-12-24
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Formica rufa melanotica Subspecies Synonym
junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica obscuripes Forel, 1886
Other history items belonging to Formica rufa subsp. melanotica
#255125 [First available use of Formica rufa obscuriventris melanotica Emery, 1893k; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
#290491 As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1910a: 570; Wheeler, 1913i: 392 (in key), 432; Wheeler, 1917a: 537; Emery, 1925d: 254; Smith, 1928c: 279; Cole, 1936a: 37.
#290492 Subspecies of Formica rufa: Cole, 1942: 380; Buren, 1944a: 302; Smith, 1951c: 869.
#255126 (selected) Junior synonym of Formica obscuripes: Creighton, 1950a: 492; Smith, 1958c: 157; Smith, 1979: 1460; Bolton, 1995b: 198; Coovert, 2005: 150.