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Species: Formica (fusca-group) fusca   Linnaeus, 1758 

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Formica fusca_nr, Formica fusca aculeata, Formica fusca algida, Formica fusca alpicola, Formica fusca blanda, Formica fusca borealis, Formica fusca cinereofuscoides, Formica fusca cinereoides, Formica fusca fairchildi, Formica fusca filchneri, Formica fusca fuscolemani, Formica fusca gelida, Formica fusca hyrcana, Formica fusca lusitanica, Formica fusca lutescens, Formica fusca maura, Formica fusca muralewiczi, Formica fusca nipponensis, Formica fusca occidentalis, Formica fusca orientalis, Formica fusca pallipes, Formica fusca piceogagates, Formica fusca piceoorientalis, Formica fusca rubescens, Formica fusca rufibarbis cinereoides, Formica fusca rufipes, Formica fusca rufobarboides, Formica fusca sulci, Formica fusca tombeuri, Formica fusca transcaucasicogagates, Formica fusca yatsuensis

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2015)

5 subspecies

Formica fusca Linnaeus, 1758 PDF: 580 (w.) EUROPE. Palearctic. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Latreille, 1802a: 159 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c PDF: 164 (l.).
Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Forel, 1913j PDF: 361.
Senior synonym of Formica barbata: Emery & Forel, 1879: 451; of Formica flavipes, Formica libera: Latreille, 1802a: 159; Smith, 1851 PDF: 3; Roger, 1863b: 13; of Formica marcida: Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 189; of Formica pallipes, Formica rufipes: Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 58; of Formica tristis: Emery, 1892c PDF: 162; of Formica glebaria: Mayr, 1855 PDF: 346; Yarrow, 1954a PDF: 230; Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 58; Radchenko, 2007 PDF}: 35.
Current subspecies: nominal plus Formica fusca alpicola, Formica fusca fuscolemani, Formica fusca hyrcana, Formica fusca maura, Formica fusca tombeuri.
See also: Emery, 1893k PDF: 657; Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 494; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 304; Stitz, 1939: 348; Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 58; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 148; Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 189; Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 180; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 120; Kupyanskaya, 1990a: 183; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 260; Seppä, et al. 2011: 31.

Specimen Habitat Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 0 times found in Unknown, 0 times found in heathlands, 0 times found in Forest, 0 times found in Anthropogenic, 0 times found in dry grassland, 0 times found in shrubs, 0 times found in Rocks (rocky-calcareous grasslands), 1 times found in mixed canyon forest, 0 times found in Spruce-fir Forest, 0 times found in Wet grassland, ...

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 0 times Manual catch, 1 times pitfall trap, 6 times under rock, 22 times search, 28 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS), 0 times Malaise trap, 0 times Log Stage 4, 0 times Window trap, 5 times hand collecting, 0 times Log stage 3, 0 times beating, ...

Elevations: collected from 10 - 3810 meters, 2024 meters average

Type specimens: type of Formica fusca: casent0903269

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