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Species: Formica pratensis

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Subfamily: Formicinae Genus: Formica

Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2013)

3 subspecies

Formica pratensis Retzius, 1783 PDF: 75 (w.) NO LOCALITY GIVEN. AntCat AntWiki

Taxonomic history

Forel, 1874 PDF: 52 (q.m.).
Subspecies of Formica rufa: Forel, 1874 PDF: 52; Forel, 1892j PDF: 307; Ruzsky, 1905b: 337; Emery, 1909b PDF: 186; Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 428; Forel, 1915d: 57; Emery, 1916a PDF: 256; Emery, 1925d PDF: 254; Ruzsky, 1925b PDF: 43; Karavaiev, 1929d PDF: 217; Stitz, 1939: 341; Gösswald, 1941: 81; Holgersen, 1942b PDF: 13.
Status as species: André, 1882b: 184; Nasonov, 1889: 17; Ruzsky, 1902d: 10; Bondroit, 1912 PDF: 352; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 267; Bondroit, 1917a PDF: 174; Müller, 1923b PDF: 142; Ruzsky, 1926 PDF: 110; Novák & Sadil, 1941 PDF: 105; Boven, 1947: 188; Yarrow, 1955a PDF: 4; Kutter, 1965b PDF: 140; Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 84; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 177; Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 194; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 152; Gösswald, 1989: 19; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 272; Seifert, 1992a PDF: 225.
Senior synonym of Formica nigricans (and its junior synonyms Formica cordieri, Formica pratensoides, Formica thyssei): Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 84; Kutter, 1977c: 272; Seifert, 1992a PDF: 225; of Formica ciliata: Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 177; Seifert, 1992a PDF: 225; of Formica grouvellei: Seifert, 1996A PDF: 200.
Current subspecies: nominal plus Formica pratensis nuda, Formica pratensis staerckei.

Distribution:

Throughout SLO

Biology:

Grasslands, forest edges

Notes:

(Dutch vernacular name: zwartrugbosmier)

Taxon Page Author History

Taxonomic Treatment (provided by Plazi)

Forel, A., 1904:
Crimee fl. Alma, l [[ male ]], 26. V. 1899. Bazenov!); ile de Sachaline (1 [[ queen ]], Suprunenko!).

Specimen Data Summary

Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in stony outcrop

Collected most commonly using these methods or in the following microhabitats: 1 times By hand from surface of forage tree

Elevations: collected from 910 - 1700 meters, 1236 meters average

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