Formica rufa nylanderi

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Formica rufa nylanderi Bondroit, 1920 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica lugubris Zetterstedt, 1838

Formica rufa var. nylanderi Bondroit, 1920a: 145 (q.) FRANCE, SWITZERLAND. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Seifert, 2021: 164). Primary type locality: lectotype Switzerland: "Grindelwald Suisse Chabanaud" (de Gaulle). Primary type depository: MRHN. Type notes: Seifert, 2021: 164, cites 2 queen syntypes - the lectotype and one from France: col du Lauteret, 15 VII (no collector’s name, Bondroit?), deposited in MRHN.

Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2021: 164.
[Also described as new by Bondroit, 1920b: 300.]
Subspecies of Formica rufa: Emery, 1925d: 253.
Junior synonym of Formica lugubris: Yarrow, 1955a: 5; Dlussky, 1967a: 91; Bernard, 1967a: 318; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971: 180; Bolton, 1995b: 200; Seifert, 1996a: 200; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009: 482; Radchenko, 2016: 287; Seifert, 2021: 164.

Citations

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Bondroit, J. 1920b. Supplément aux fourmis de France et de Belgique. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 88:299-305. PDF
Casevitz-Weulersse, J.; Galkowski, C. 2009. Liste actualisée des fourmis de France (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 114:475-510. PDF
Dlussky, G. M. 1967a. Ants of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, g. Formica). [In Russian.]. Moskva: Nauka Publishing House, 236 pp. PDF
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Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Radchenko, A. G. 2016. Ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of Ukraine. National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. Kiev: I. I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology, 496 pp.
Seifert, B. 1996a. Formica paralugubris nov. spec. - a sympatric sibling species of Formica lugubris from the western Alps (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicoidea: Formicidae). Reichenbachia 31:193-201. PDF
Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31:133-179. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 PDF
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