This history item belongs to Formica candida Smith, 1878

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica candida

Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 193; Bolton, 1995b: 192; Espadaler, 1997g: 27; Chang & He, 2002a: 51 (in key); Czechowski et al., 2002: 81; Imai et al., 2003: 57; Seifert, 2004: 35 (redescription); Radchenko, 2005b: 161; Schultz et al., 2006: 203; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 4; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 132; Borowiec et al., 2009: 378; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 31; Bharti et al., 2016: 27; Zhigulskaya et al., 2022: 1; Subedi et al., 2025: 16. 

Status as species: {ref 124002}: 193; {ref 122860}: 192; {ref 131202}: 27; {ref 130905}: 51 (in key); {ref 130994}: 81; {ref 131519}: 57; {ref 132268}: 35 (redescription); {ref 132056}: 161; {ref 132242}: 203; {ref 132915}: 4; {ref 131396}: 132; {ref 130813}: 378; {ref 142253}: 31; {ref 142873}: 27; {ref 144024}: 1; {ref 144527}: 16.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2020-05-03
  • Updated at: 2025-08-12
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Formica candida Species Valid
Other history items belonging to Formica candida
#307399 Neotype designation: Seifert, 2004: 34.
#254695 [Note: Smith, 1878b's original description is repeated by Bingham, 1903: 335 (footnote).]
#279151 Junior synonym of Formica gagates: Forel, 1894c: 403.
#279152 Junior synonym of Formica picea Nylander, 1846a: Emery, 1925d: 249; Karavaiev, 1936: 231; Dlussky, 1967a: 61; Bolton, 1995b: 201.
#279153 [Note: Formica candida junior synonym of Formica picea Nylander, 1846a (synonymy by Dlussky, 1967a: 61); hence Formica candida treated as first available replacement name for Formica picea Nylander, 1846a (Bolton, 1995b: 192).]
#279154 (selected) Status as species: Dalla Torre, 1893: 193; Bolton, 1995b: 192; Espadaler, 1997g: 27; Chang & He, 2002a: 51 (in key); Czechowski et al., 2002: 81; Imai et al., 2003: 57; Seifert, 2004: 35 (redescription); Radchenko, 2005b: 161; Schultz et al., 2006: 203; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 4; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 132; Borowiec et al., 2009: 378; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 31; Bharti et al., 2016: 27; Zhigulskaya et al., 2022: 1; Subedi et al., 2025: 16.