Taxonomic history
Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Forel, 1915d: 64.Junior synonym of Formica rufibarbis: Walckenaer, 1802: 161; Fabricius, 1804 PDF: 402; Roger, 1863b PDF: 13; André, 1874c: 202 (in list); Forel, 1874 PDF: 98 (in list); Mayr, 1877a: 7; Mayr, 1880 PDF: 26; Lameere, 1892: 63; Dalla Torre, 1893 PDF: 209; Forel, 1894c PDF: 403; Saunders, 1896 PDF: 22; Ruzsky, 1905b: 385; Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 514; Donisthorpe, 1915f: 320; Forel, 1915d: 64 (in key); Emery, 1916a PDF: 255; Soudek, 1922b PDF: 84; Emery, 1925d PDF: 250; Betrem, 1926 PDF: 214; Karavaiev, 1936: 234.Status as species: Latreille, 1802a PDF: 151; Walckenaer, 1802: 161; Latreille, 1817a: 98; Stephens, 1829b: 357; Brullé, 1833 PDF: 327; Losana, 1834 PDF: 316; Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, 1835 PDF: 203; Nylander, 1846a PDF: 913; Foerster, 1850a: 25; Smith, 1851 PDF: 2; Schenck, 1852 PDF: 40; Mayr, 1855 PDF: 342 (redescription); Smith, 1855a PDF: 103; Nylander, 1856b PDF: 64; Gredler, 1858 PDF: 8; Smith, 1858a PDF: 5; Roger, 1859 PDF: 235; Mayr, 1861 PDF: 47 (in key); Meinert, 1861: 314; Mayr, 1863a PDF: 413; Smith, 1871c: 1; Dours, 1873 PDF: 165; Saunders, 1880 PDF: 206; White, 1884 PDF: 252; Yarrow, 1954a PDF: 231; Baroni Urbani, 1964b PDF: 63; Baroni Urbani, 1964c PDF: 167; Cagniant, 1964 PDF: 92; Dlussky, 1965a PDF: 37 (in key); Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 73; Pisarski, 1967a PDF: 416; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 296 (redescription); Kutter, 1968b: 61; Collingwood & Yarrow, 1969 PDF: 89; Cagniant, 1970c PDF: 38; Pisarski, 1970a PDF: 323; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1970 PDF: 88; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 234; Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 170; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 166 (redescription); Banert & Pisarski, 1972 PDF: 355; Bolton & Collingwood, 1975: 6 (in key); Pisarski, 1975: 44; Tarbinsky, 1976 PDF: 184; Aktaç, 1977 PDF: 127; Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 164; Collingwood, 1978 PDF: 94 (in key); Arnol'di & Dlussky, 1978: 553 (in key); Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 127; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987a PDF: 59; Agosti & Collingwood, 1987b PDF: 286 (in key); Wu, 1990 PDF: 4, 6 (in key); Le Moli & Rosi, 1991: 37; Wu & Wang, 1992c PDF: 1311; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 267; Radchenko, 1994b: 114 (in key); Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 93; Douwes, 1995: 98; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Poldi et al., 1995: 8; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 146; Tang et al., 1995: 103; Espadaler, 1997g PDF: 27; Collingwood & Prince, 1998: 26 (in key); Gallé et al., 1998: 217; Collingwood & Heatwole, 2002 PDF: 13; Chang & He, 2002a PDF: 52 (in key); Zhang & Zheng, 2002 PDF: 218; Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 85; Karaman & Karaman, 2003 PDF: 48; Csosz & Markó, 2005 PDF: 233; Karaman & Karaman, 2005 PDF: 59; Bračko, 2006 PDF: 147; Markó et al., 2006 PDF: 67; Petrov, 2006 PDF: 70, 112 (in key); Schultz et al., 2006 PDF: 205; Bračko, 2007 PDF: 19; Seifert, 2007: 301; Werner & Wiezik, 2007 PDF: 143; Zryanin & Zryanina, 2007 PDF: 233; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 133; Paknia et al., 2008 PDF: 154; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 481; Seifert & Schultz, 2009b PDF: 261 (redescription); Lapeva-Gjonova et al., 2010 PDF: 48; Boer, 2010: 31; Csosz et al., 2011 PDF: 59; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 77; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 35; Borowiec & Salata, 2012 PDF: 493; Czechowski et al., 2012: 217; Guénard & Dunn, 2012 PDF: 31; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 10; Borowiec, 2014 PDF: 73; Bračko et al., 2014 PDF: 19; Bharti et al., 2016 PDF: 27; Lebas et al., 2016: 186; Salata & Borowiec, 2018c 10.5281/zenodo.2199191 PDF: 45; Seifert, 2018: 307.Senior synonym of Formica cunicularia fuscoides: Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Gratiashvili & Barjadze, 2008 PDF: 133; Seifert & Schultz, 2009b PDF: 261.Senior synonym of Formica fuscorufibarbis: Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 73; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 166; Pisarski, 1975: 44; Arakelian, 1994 PDF: 94; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 85; Karaman, 2011b PDF: 77; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 35; Czechowski et al., 2012: 217; Kiran & Karaman, 2012 PDF: 10.[Note: concerning Formica fuscorufibarbis, Seifert, 2002 PDF: 266 (in text) says this taxon is “most probably a synonym of either Formica fuscocinerea or Formica cinerea”, but type-material could not be found.].Senior synonym of Formica fusca rubescens Forel, 1904: Yarrow, 1954a PDF: 231; Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 73; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 296; Baroni Urbani, 1971c PDF: 235; Collingwood, 1971 PDF: 170; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 166; Pisarski, 1975: 44; Van Boven, 1977 PDF: 164; Bolton, 1995b: 193; Czechowski et al., 2002 PDF: 85; Seifert & Schultz, 2009b PDF: 261; Casevitz-Weulersse & Galkowski, 2009 PDF: 481; Legakis, 2011 PDF: 35; Czechowski et al., 2012: 217.
