Current Valid Name:
Taxonomic History (provided by Barry Bolton, 2023)
Formica subrufa Roger, 1859 PDF: 236 (w.) SPAIN. Palearctic. Primary type information: Primary type material: syntype workers (number not stated). Primary type locality: Spain: Andalusia (
Staudinger). Primary type depositories: ISNB, MNHU.
AntCat AntWiki HOL Taxonomic history
Status as species:
Mayr, 1861 PDF: 46 (in key);
Mayr, 1863a PDF: 421;
Roger, 1863b PDF: 13, 47;
Dours, 1873 PDF: 165;
André, 1874b: 183 (in key);
Mayr, 1877a: 20 (in list);
Emery, 1878a PDF: ix (in list);
André, 1882c PDF: 181 (in key);
Nasonov, 1889: 20;
Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 212;
Medina, 1893 PDF: 104;
Forel, 1895e PDF: 228;
Ruzsky, 1902d PDF: 13;
Ruzsky, 1905b: 408;
Emery, 1909b PDF: 199;
Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 531 (redescription);
Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 55;
Santschi, 1919e PDF: 247;
Emery, 1925d PDF: 251;
Santschi, 1925g PDF: 353;
Santschi, 1931a: 13;
Santschi, 1932e PDF: 73;
Santschi, 1932h PDF: 5;
Schmitz, 1950 PDF: 14;
Ceballos, 1956: 321;
Bernard, 1967a PDF: 301 (redescription);
Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 87;
Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 93 (in key);
Tinaut, 1990a PDF: 282;
Bolton, 1995b: 204;
Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 28;
Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 25 (in key);
Chang & He, 2002a PDF: 57;
Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 483;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 32;
Muñoz-López et al., 2012 PDF: 30;
Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 83;
Lebas et al., 2016: 200;
Gómez et al., 2018 10.13102/sociobiology.v65i3.3315 PDF: 468;
Arcos et al., 2022 10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623 PDF: 10.
// Distribution
Distribution:
Geographic regions (According to curated Geolocale/Taxon lists)
: Europe: Albania,
France,
Gibraltar,
Portugal,
Spain Biogeographic regions (According to curated Bioregion/Taxon lists)
: Palearctic
Specimen Habitat Summary
Found most commonly in these habitats: 1 times found in Suelo yesífero, 3 times found in Romero y coscoja, 3 times found in Sabinar aclarado, 1 times found in Borde carretera, 2 times found in Encinar, 1 times found in Encinar (Dehesa), 1 times found in Sabinar, 2 times found in maquis shrubland, 1 times found in open meadow on rocks, 1 times found in Pinar+encinar, ...
Found most commonly in these microhabitats: 9 times nbp, 5 times under stone, 2 times Nest under stone, 1 times Bajo piedra, 2 times Nido bajo piedra, 1 times Nido, 1 times nest, 1 times foraging on the ground, 1 times Foraging.
Collected most commonly using these methods: 20 times Hand, 6 times search, 1 times hand collection.
Elevations: collected from 30 - 1250 meters, 682 meters average
Collect Date Range: collected between 1966-06-01 00:00:00.0 and 2020-10-01 00:00:00.0
Type specimens: Nontype: casent0745174, casent0745175, casent0745176, casent0745177, casent0745178, casent0745179; type of Formica subrufa: focol2748, focol2749
See something amiss? Send us an email.