Protonym: Formica rufibarbis
Authorship Fabricius, 1793: 355
Forms w.
Bioregion Palearctic
Locality FRANCE
Primary type information Primary type material: neotype worker (by designation of Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 260). Primary type locality: neotype France: FRA: 44.073°N, 7.295°E, St Martin Vesubie, Cime de la Palu, 2058 m., 14.v.2002-108 (R. Schultz). Primary type depository: SMNG.
Type notes 1) Original type data: worker(s) “Habitat in Gallia”, no indication of number of specimens. 2) Betrem, 1955a: 293, and Zimsen, 1964: 424, cite 1 Fabricius specimen in ZMUK, but according to Seifert & Schultz, 2009b: 260, this specimen (now in ZMUC) is not Formica rufibarbis. 3) Other specimens from the neotype series are in RSCG, SMNG.
Taxa belonging to this protonym
Formica fusca rufibarbis Subspecies Obsolete combination
an obsolete combination of Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793
Formica rufibarbis Species Valid Original combination