Biology:List of Formica species

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Formica Temporal range: Eocene-Present, 46–0 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Formica rufa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Formica rufa
Synonyms
Adformica Lomnicki, 1925 Coptoformica Müller, 1923 Formicina Shuckard, 1840 Neoformica Wheeler, 1913 Raptiformica Forel, 1913 Serviformica Forel, 1913

This is a list of the extant and extinct (†) species in the genus Formica which includes wood ants, mound ants, & field ants.

Valid Formica species

†Formica annosa holotype male

Formica dirksi worker

†Formica cockerelli paratype male

Synonyms

Formica cinerea worker, Sr synonym to a number of proposed species

A number of described species have been synonymized into other species as jr synonyms

• Formica cinerea - Senior synonym of Formica balcanica Petrov & Collingwood, 1993, Formica imitans Ruzsky, 1902, Formica lefrancoisi Bondroit, 1918, and Formica subrufoides Forel, 1913
• †Formica flori - Senior synonym to †Formica antiqua Dlussky, 1967, †Formica baltica Dlussky, 1967, †Formica egecomerta Özdikmen, 2010, and †Formica parvula Dlussky, 2002
• Formica foreli - Senior synonym to Formica goesswaldi Kutter, 1967, Formica naefi Kutter, 1957, and Formica tamarae Dlussky, 1964
• Formica forsslundi - Senior synonym to Formica brunneonitida Dlussky, 1964, Formica fossilabris Dlussky, 1965, and Formica nemoralis Dlussky, 1964
• †Lasius globularis - Senior synonym to †Formica capito Heer, 1867
• Formica manchu - Senior synonym to Formica dlusskyi Bolton, 1995
• Formica pallidefulva - Senior synonym to Formica nitidiventris Emery, 1893, Formica schaufussi Mayr, 1866, and Formica succinea Wheeler, 1904
• †Formica phaethusa - Senior synonym to †Formica clymene Wheeler, 1915
• Formica ravida - Senior synonym to Formica haemorrhoidalis Creighton, 1940 and Formica rufa tahoensis Creighton, 1940
• †Formica ungeri - Senior synonym to †Formica acuminata Heer, 1849, †Formica aemula Heer, 1867, †Formica kollari Heer, 1867, and †Formica oblita Heer, 1867
• Formica pressilabris - Senior synonym to Formica rufomaculata Ruzsky, 1895 & Formica tamarae Dlussky, 1964
• Formica selysi - Senior synonym to Formica torrentium Bernard, 1967

Moved

†Casaleia longiventris lectotype queen; Originally described as †Formica longiventris

Some species were originally described as species of Formica, but later moved to different genera

• †Formica atavina Heer, 1849 - current combination †Ponerites atavinus
• †Formica gracilis Heer, 1867 - current combination †Ponerites gracilior
• †Formica longiventris Heer, 1850 - current combination †Casaleia longiventris
• †Formica macrocephala Heer, 1850 - current combination †Lasius ophthalmicus
• †Formica ocella Heer, 1850 - current combination †Emplastus ocellus
• †Formica ophthalmica Heer, 1850 - current combination †Lasius ophthalmicus
• †Formica pumila Heer, 1850 - current combination †Lasius occultatus
• Formica subrufa Roger, 1859 - current combination Iberoformica subrufa

Unidentifiable

A number of species described in the genus have subsequently been determined as unidentifiable to the genus

Miscellaneous

• Formica fuliginothorax Blacker, 1992 is considered an unavailable name, due to the type description not designating any type specimens.