Taxonomic history
Subspecies of Formica adamsi whymperi: Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 544; Cole, 1936a PDF: 37; Creighton, 1950a PDF: 509; Smith, 1951c PDF: 873; Cole, 1954a PDF: 89 (in text); Cole, 1954c PDF: 165; Smith, 1958c PDF: 160; Smith, 1967a PDF: 373; Yensen et al., 1977 PDF: 185; Smith, 1979: 1463.Subspecies of Formica adamsi: Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 475 (redescription); Emery, 1925d PDF: 256; Cole, 1936a PDF: 38; Bolton, 1995b: 191; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 332.