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This history item belongs to Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica polyctena

Junior synonym of Formica rufa: Smith, 1851: 115; Mayr, 1855: 328; Nylander, 1856b: 60; Smith, 1858a: 3; Mayr, 1863a: 420; Roger, 1863b: 12; Smith, 1871c: 1; Dours, 1873: 165; André, 1874c: 202 (in list); Forel, 1874: 98 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879: 450; Dalla Torre, 1893: 208; Wheeler, 1913i: 425; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 245; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 286; Karavaiev, 1936: 240; Gösswald, 1941: 73; Yarrow, 1955a: 3. 

Junior synonym of {prott 163484}: {ref 128667}: 115; {ref 127185}: 328; {ref 127565}: 60; {ref 128685}: 3; {ref 127213}: 420; {ref 128094}: 12; {ref 128709}: 1; {ref 124387}: 165; {ref 142477}: 202 (in list); {ref 124988}: 98 (in list); {ref 124778}: 450; {ref 124002}: 208; {ref 130081}: 425; {ref 124216}: 245; {ref 124250}: 286; {ref 126235}: 240; {ref 125562}: 73; {ref 130544}: 3.
  • 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 polyctena Species Valid
Formica rufa polyctena Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica polyctena Foerster, 1850
Other history items belonging to Formica polyctena
#282794 As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1916a: 255; Krausse, 1926b: 115.
#255354 (selected) Junior synonym of Formica rufa: Smith, 1851: 115; Mayr, 1855: 328; Nylander, 1856b: 60; Smith, 1858a: 3; Mayr, 1863a: 420; Roger, 1863b: 12; Smith, 1871c: 1; Dours, 1873: 165; André, 1874c: 202 (in list); Forel, 1874: 98 (in list); Emery & Forel, 1879: 450; Dalla Torre, 1893: 208; Wheeler, 1913i: 425; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 245; Donisthorpe, 1927c: 286; Karavaiev, 1936: 240; Gösswald, 1941: 73; Yarrow, 1955a: 3.
#255355 Subspecies of Formica rufa: Forel, 1915d: 58 (in key); Emery, 1925d: 253; Lomnicki, 1925a: 23 (in key); Stärcke, 1926a: 150 (in key); Stitz, 1939: 339; Stärcke, 1947: 146 (in text); Van Boven, 1947b: 189 (in key).
#255356 Status as species: Schenck, 1852: 25; Bondroit, 1917a: 174; Bondroit, 1918: 57; Müller, 1923b: 144; Betrem, 1926: 212; Betrem, 1953: 324 (in key); Betrem, 1960b: 76 (in key); Dlussky, 1967a: 93; Kutter, 1968b: 61; Pisarski, 1969b: 313; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1970: 89; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 221; Collingwood, 1971: 168; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 187 (redescription); Banert & Pisarski, 1972: 356; Pisarski, 1975: 49; Van Boven, 1977: 169; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Collingwood, 1978: 94 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 554 (in key); Collingwood, 1979: 144; Douwes, 1979: 187; Mabelis, 1979: 451; Douwes, 1981b: 217; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 287 (in key); Nilsson & Douwes, 1987: 86; Gösswald, 1989: 18; Wu, 1990: 6 (in key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 279; Radchenko, 1994b: 114 (in key); Douwes, 1995: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Poldi et al., 1995: 8; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 145; Czechowski & Douwes, 1996: 125; Espadaler, 1997g: 28; Gallé et al., 1998: 218; Tinaut & Martínez-Ibañez, 1998d: 37 (in key); Czechowski et al., 2002: 73; Karaman & Karaman, 2003: 50; Csősz & Markó, 2005: 231; Karaman & Karaman, 2005: 60; Bračko, 2006: 147; Markó et al., 2006: 67; Petrov, 2006: 113 (in key); Bračko, 2007: 20; Seifert, 2007: 311; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 144; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007: 233; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 482; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 51; Boer, 2010: 27; Csősz et al., 2011: 59; Karaman, 2011b: 81; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 495; Czechowski et al., 2012: 193; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 32; Borowiec, 2014: 77; Bharti et al., 2016: 27; Lebas et al., 2016: 176; Radchenko, 2016: 286; Steiner et al., 2017: 9; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 44; Seifert, 2018: 322; Werner et al., 2018: 6; Seifert, 2021: 155 (diagnosis); Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 155 (redescription); Bračko, 2023: 167.
#282796 [Note: Seifert, 2018: 321; Seifert, 2021: 155, 173 reports on Formica polyctena × Formica rufa hybrids.]
#295346 [Note: Seifert, 2018: 325; Seifert, 2021: 155, 156, 173 reports on Formica aquilonia × Formica polyctena hybrids.]
#295656 Senior synonym of Formica rufa constricta: Seifert, 2021: 156.
#295343 Senior synonym of Formica gaullei: Seifert, 2021: 155.
#255357 Senior synonym of Formica major Nylander, 1849: Radchenko, 2007: 37; Seifert, 2021: 156.
#282798 [Note: Radchenko, 2007: 37, argues that Formica major Nylander, 1849 is best regarded as a nomen oblitum; therefore Formica polyctena takes priority.]
#282799 Senior synonym of Formica minor Gösswald, 1951a: Betrem, 1960b: 64; Dlussky, 1967a: 93; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 187; Pisarski, 1975: 49; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Czechowski et al., 2002: 73; Karaman, 2011b: 81; Czechowski et al., 2012: 193; Radchenko, 2016: 286; Seifert, 2021: 155.
#282800 Senior synonym of Formica rufa nuda Karavaiev, 1930b: Stärcke, 1947: 145 (in text); Dlussky, 1967a: 93; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 187; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Radchenko, 2016: 286.