Protonym: Formica rufa
Authorship Linnaeus, 1761: 426
Forms q.m.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality SWEDEN
Primary type information Primary type material: lectotype queen (by designation of Yarrow, 1954c: 316 (in text)). Primary type locality: Sweden (no further data). Primary type depository: LSLC.
Secondary type information Secondary type material: 1 paralectotype queen. Secondary type locality: Sweden (no further data). Secondary type depository: LSLC.
Type notes 1) Not Linnaeus, 1758: 580 (w.), discussion in Yarrow, 1954c: 313, Yarrow, 1955a: 5. 2) Three Linnaean specimens are in LSLC (Day & Fitton, 1978: 196).
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica rufa Species Valid Original combination
Formica rufa rufa Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica rufa Linnaeus, 1761