Taxonomic history
Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 509 (q.m.); Wheeler & Wheeler, 1953c PDF: 165 (l.).Combination in Formica (Serviformica): Emery, 1925d PDF: 248.As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 509; Emery, 1925d PDF: 248.Subspecies of Formica fusca: Viereck, 1903 PDF: 72; Wheeler, 1906g PDF: 20; Wheeler, 1910a PDF: 570; Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 398 (in key); Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 548; Essig, 1926 PDF: 866; Cole, 1942 PDF: 383; Buren, 1944a PDF: 301; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1944 PDF: 261; Smith, 1951c PDF: 864.Status as species: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 535; Smith, 1958c PDF: 157; Beck et al., 1967: 70; Smith, 1967a PDF: 371; Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 84 (redescription); Francoeur, 1975 PDF: 260; Hunt & Snelling, 1975 PDF: 23; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1977b PDF: 13 (in key); Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 185; Francoeur & Snelling, 1979 PDF: 4; Smith, 1979: 1454; Allred, 1982: 469; Wheeler & Wheeler, 1986g PDF: 90; MacKay et al., 1988: 115; Bolton, 1995b: 199; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 352; Ward, 2005 PDF: 63.Senior synonym of Formica pruinosa: Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 84; Smith, 1979: 1454; Bolton, 1995b: 199.Material of the unavailable name Formica fusca pruinosa lutescens referred here by Creighton, 1950a PDF: 535; Smith, 1958c PDF: 157; Francoeur, 1973 PDF: 84; Smith, 1979: 1454; Bolton, 1995b: 199.
Formica neoclara is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.[1][2][3][4] It is a generalist that has been known to have mutualistic relationships with 42 different species of aphids.[5]
Formica neoclara is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. It is a generalist that has been known to have mutualistic relationships with 42 different species of aphids.
