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5 subspecies
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. |
| Scientific Name | Status | Publication | Pages | ModsID | GoogleMaps |
| Formica fusca | Forel, A., 1890, Fourmis de Tunisie et de l'Algérie orientale., Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Comptes-rendus des Seances 34, pp. 61-76: 67, (download) | 67 | 3926 | ||
| Formica fusca | Nylander, W., 1846, Adnotationes in monographiam formicarum borealium Europae., Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae 2, pp. 875-944: 919-920, (download) | 919-920 | 4277 | ||
| Formica fusca | Ward, P. S., 2005, A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)., Zootaxa 936, pp. 1-68: -1, (download) | -1 | 21008 | ||
| Formica fusca | Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174: 120, (download) | 120 | 6175 | ||
| Formica fusca | Förster, A., 1850, Hymenopterologische Studien. 1. Formicariae., Aachen: Unknown Publisher: 33-35, (download) | 33-35 | 8138 | ||
| Formica fusca | Smith, F., 1851, List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. - Hymenoptera Aculeata., London: British Museum: 3, (download) | 3 | 8200 | ||
| Formica fusca | Smith, F., 1851, List of the specimens of British animals in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. - Hymenoptera Aculeata., London: British Museum: 10, (download) | 10 | 8200 | ||
| Formica fusca | Förster, A., 1850, Hymenopterologische Studien. 1. Formicariae., Aachen: Unknown Publisher: 35-36, (download) | 35-36 | 8138 |
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), 0 times found in Spruce-fir Forest, 0 times found in Wet grassland, 1 times found in Aspen forest, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 27 times under stone, 11 times Nest under stone, 3 times foragers, 4 times ground forager(s), 5 times Nido bajo piedra, 4 times nest under rock, 4 times under dead wood, 3 times strays, 2 times on ground, 1 times foraging on exposed soil, 1 times foraging on dry clay by small spring., ...
Collected most commonly using these methods: 0 times Manual catch, 1 times pitfall trap, 48 times search, 6 times under rock, 28 times Bay Area Ant Survey (BAAS), 29 times Hand, 13 times hand collecting, 0 times Malaise trap, 0 times Log Stage 4, 0 times Window trap, 0 times Log stage 3, ...
Elevations: collected from 1 - 4175 meters, 1983 meters average
Type specimens: type of Formica fusca: casent0903269; type of Formica fusca var. rufipes: focol2746, focol2747; unpublished name: Formica glebaria maura: antweb1008409, antweb1008410
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