This history item belongs to Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783

Its current taxon owner(s) is Formica pratensis

Senior synonym of Formica pratensoides: Dlussky, 1967a: 84; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Seifert, 1992a: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Radchenko, 2016: 291; Seifert, 2021: 160.


Senior synonym of {prott 163448}: {ref 124136}: 84; {ref 126740}: 272; {ref 128572}: 225; {ref 122860}: 201; {ref 143043}: 291; {ref 143859}: 160.
  • Item type: taxt
  • Created at: 2021-01-27
  • Updated at: 2021-04-29
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Taxa belonging to this history item's protonym
Formica pratensis Species Valid
Formica rufa pratensis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783
Other history items belonging to Formica pratensis
#307668 Neotype designation: Seifert, 2021: 160.
#255359 Forel, 1874: 52 (q.m.); Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 159 (q.)
#255360 Subspecies of Formica rufa: Forel, 1874: 52 (in key); Emery & Forel, 1879: 450; Forel, 1886h: 138; Lameere, 1892: 63; Forel, 1892j: 307; Emery, 1893m: 206 (footnote); Ruzsky, 1896: 68; Saunders, 1896: 20; Ruzsky, 1905b: 337; Wheeler, 1906h: 323; Emery, 1909b: 186; Forel, 1909c: 105; Bondroit, 1910: 483; Yano, 1910a: 421; Wheeler, 1913i: 428 (redescription); Stitz, 1914: 92; Emery, 1914c: 158; Forel, 1915d: 57 (in key); Ruzsky, 1915b: 7; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 267; Emery, 1916a: 256; Ruzsky, 1916: 4; Escherich, 1917: 335 (in key); Nadig, 1918: 341; Kulmatycki, 1922: 82; Soudek, 1922b: 80; Finzi, 1923a: 4; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923b: 244; Vashkevich, 1924b: 147; Emery, 1925d: 254; Ruzsky, 1925a: 287; Ruzsky, 1925b: 43; Krausse, 1926a: 107; Krausse, 1926d: 264; Karavaiev, 1926e: 195; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926c: 96; Santschi, 1926f: 289; Karavaiev, 1927a: 302; Karavaiev, 1927d: 282 (in key); Karavaiev, 1927e: 345; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1928b: 10; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929a: 20; Karavaiev, 1929d: 217; Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1929b: 38; Karavaiev, 1930b: 149; Karavaiev, 1931e: 217; Gösswald, 1932: 32; Teranishi, 1932: 53; Arnol'di, 1933a: 604 (in key); Teranishi, 1934b: 38; Grandi, 1935: 104; Karavaiev, 1935b: 109; Zimmermann, 1935: 54; Karavaiev, 1936: 245 (redescription); Ruzsky, 1936: 91; Karavaiev, 1937: 175; Stitz, 1939: 341; Teranishi, 1940: 22; Gösswald, 1941: 81; Holgersen, 1942b: 13; Holgersen, 1943c: 176 (in key); Holgersen, 1944a: 186; Ceballos, 1956: 320.
#255361 Status as species: Olivier, 1792: 504; Roger, 1863b: 13, 47; André, 1874b: 184 (in key); Mayr, 1877a: 6; Emery, 1878: 48; Mayr, 1880: 26; André, 1882c: 184 (in key); Cresson, 1887: 256; Nasonov, 1889: 17; Dalla Torre, 1893: 204; Ruzsky, 1902a: 232; Ruzsky, 1902d: 10; Ruzsky, 1902e: 15; Ruzsky, 1903c: 205; Ruzsky, 1904b: 5; Forel, 1904c: 385; Forel, 1906c: 189; Wasmann, 1906: 112 (in key); Bondroit, 1912: 352; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 267; Bondroit, 1917a: 174 (in key); Bondroit, 1918: 57; Santschi, 1919e: 246; Müller, 1923b: 142; Lomnicki, 1925a: 16 (in key); Ruzsky, 1926: 110; Betrem, 1926: 213 (in key); Stärcke, 1926a: 149 (in key); Donisthorpe, 1927c: 309; Lomnicki, 1928: 8; Soudek, 1931: 16; Novák & Sadil, 1941: 105 (in key); Stärcke, 1942a: 22; Ruzsky, 1946: 69; Van Boven, 1947b: 188 (in key); Röszler, 1950: 214; Donisthorpe, 1950e: 1064; Yarrow, 1955a: 4; Kutter, 1965b: 140; Dlussky, 1967a: 84; Kutter, 1968b: 61; Kutter, 1968c: 206; Pisarski, 1969b: 313; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1970: 89; Baroni Urbani, 1971c: 222; Collingwood, 1971: 169; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 177 (redescription); Banert & Pisarski, 1972: 355; Paraschivescu, 1972b: 534; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 7 (in key); Pisarski, 1975: 46; Tarbinsky, 1976: 194 (redescription); Kutter, 1977c: 272; Collingwood, 1978: 93 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 554 (in key); Collingwood, 1979: 152; Dlussky, 1981b: 17; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b: 286 (in key); Nilsson & Douwes, 1987: 84; Gösswald, 1989: 19; Wu, 1990: 5 (in key); Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 272; Seifert, 1992a: 225; Radchenko, 1994b: 114 (in key); Douwes, 1995: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Poldi et al., 1995: 8; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 144; Espadaler, 1997g: 28; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 26 (in key); Tinaut & Martínez-Ibañez, 1998d: 37 (in key); Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002: 14; Czechowski et al., 2002: 77; Karaman & Karaman, 2003: 50; Csősz & Markó, 2005: 232; Karaman & Karaman, 2005: 60; Bračko, 2006: 147; Markó et al., 2006: 67; Petrov, 2006: 71, 113 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006: 205; Bračko, 2007: 20; Pfeiffer et al., 2007: 4; Seifert, 2007: 308; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 159; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007: 233; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008: 134; Borowiec et al., 2009: 378; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 482; Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010: 52; Boer, 2010: 25; Csősz et al., 2011: 59; Karaman, 2011b: 81; Legakis, 2011: 36; Borowiec & Salata, 2012: 495; Czechowski et al., 2012: 202; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 32; Kiran & Karaman, 2012: 11; Borowiec, 2014: 77 (see note in bibliography); Bračko et al., 2014: 19; Lebas et al., 2016: 174; Radchenko, 2016: 291; Steiner et al., 2017: 9; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c: 45; Seifert, 2018: 316; Werner et al., 2018: 6; Seifert, 2021: 159 (diagnosis); Arcos et al., 2022: 10; Borowiec & Salata, 2022: 157 (redescription).
#295398 [Note: Seifert, 2021: 174 reports on Formica pratensis × Formica lugubris hybrids.]
#295361 Senior synonym of Formica rufa angusticeps: Seifert, 2021: 160.
#287809 Senior synonym of Formica pratensis ciliata Ruzsky, 1926: Dlussky, 1967a: 84; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 177; Tarbinsky, 1976: 194; Seifert, 1992a: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 192; Radchenko, 2016: 291.
#295356 Senior synonym of Formica cordieri: Dlussky, 1967a: 84; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 177; Paraschivescu, 1972b: 527; Pisarski, 1975: 46; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Seifert, 1992a: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 482; Radchenko, 2016: 291; Seifert, 2021: 160.
#287808 Senior synonym of Formica rufa grouvellei: Seifert, 1996a: 200; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 482; Radchenko, 2016: 291; Seifert, 2021: 160.
#295370 Senior synonym of Formica pratensis incisa: Seifert, 2021: 161 (by implication).
#293006 Senior synonym of Formica nigricans: Bernard, 1967a: 314; Dlussky, 1967a: 84; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 177; Paraschivescu, 1972b: 527; Pisarski, 1975: 46; Tarbinsky, 1976: 194; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Collingwood, 1979: 152; Seifert, 1992a: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Czechowski et al., 2002: 77; Werner & Wiezik, 2007: 144; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 482; Czechowski et al., 2012: 202; Radchenko, 2016: 291; Seifert, 2021: 160.
#293007 [Note: Bernard, 1967a: 314, gives Formica nigricans as senior synonym, but Formica pratensis has priority.]
#295366 Senior synonym of Formica nigropratensis: Seifert, 2021: 161.
#293009 (selected) Senior synonym of Formica pratensoides: Dlussky, 1967a: 84; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Seifert, 1992a: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Radchenko, 2016: 291; Seifert, 2021: 160.
#295364 Senior synonym of Formica pratensis staerckei: Seifert, 2021: 160.
#293013 Senior synonym of Formica thijssei: Dlussky, 1967a: 84; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Seifert, 1992a: 225; Bolton, 1995b: 201; Radchenko, 2016: 291; Seifert, 2021: 160.