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Formica flori

Insecta - Hymenoptera - Formicidae

Taxonomy

Formica flori was named by Mayr (1868).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

F. macrocephala, F. obesa, F. occultata, F. pinguis, F. pinguis

Synonyms

Formica (Serviformica) antiqua was named by Dlussky (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 364/419, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber (PIN collection 364), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

It was recombined as Formica antiqua by Spahr (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Formica flori by Dlussky (2002), Dlussky (2008).
Formica (Serviformica) baltica was named by Dlussky (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 364/407, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber (PIN collection 364), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

It was recombined as Formica baltica by Spahr (1987); it was synonymized subjectively with Formica flori by Dlussky (2002), Dlussky (2008).
Formica (Serviformica) parvula was named by Dlussky (1967). Its type specimen is PIN 364/414, an exoskeleton, and it is an inclusion in amber. Its type locality is Baltic amber (PIN collection 364), which is in a Priabonian terrestrial amber in Lithuania.

It was replaced with Formica egecomerta by Özdikmen (2010); it was synonymized subjectively with Formica flori by Dlussky (2002), Dlussky (2008), Bolton (2012).
Formica egecomerta was named by Özdikmen (2010). It is an inclusion in amber.

It was synonymized subjectively with Formica flori by Bolton (2012).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1868	Formica flori Mayr p. 48 figs. 35-37
1937	Formica flori Theobald p. 211 figs. Pl XV fig 2
1967	Formica (Serviformica) antiqua Dlussky p. 70 fig. 1b,c
1967	Formica (Serviformica) baltica Dlussky p. 70 fig. 1a
1967	Formica (Serviformica) parvula Dlussky p. 71 figs. 1d-f
1987	Formica antiqua Spahr p. 48
1987	Formica baltica Spahr p. 48
1987	Formica flori Spahr p. 48
2002	Formica flori Dlussky p. 2 figs. 1-9
2008	Formica flori Dlussky p. 505 fig. 3a
2010	Formica egecomerta Özdikmen p. 988
2020	Formica flori Wehner et al. p. 80 figs. 1c,d, 3C,D, 4C,D

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Ecdysozoa	Aguinaldo et al. 1997
—	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Gravenhorst 1843
—	Deuteropoda
—	Mandibulata
—	Pancrustacea	Zrzavý and Štys 1997
—	Altocrustacea	Regier et al. 2010
superclass	Allotriocarida
—	Athalassocarida
—	Labiocarida	Schwentner et al. 2017
superclass	Hexapoda	Latreille 1825
—	Cercofilata
class	Insecta
—	Dicondylia
—	Paranotalia
subclass	Pterygota	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Neopterygota	Crampton 1924
infraclass	Neoptera	Martynov 1923
—	Holometabola
—	Hymenopterida
order	Hymenoptera
—	Unicalcarida
suborder	Apocrita	Gerstaecker 1867
—	Aculeata	()
superfamily	Formicoidea
family	Formicidae	()
—	Antennoclypeata
—	Euformicia
—	Doryloformicia
—	Formicia
—	Formicomyrmida
—	Formicomorpha
subfamily	Formicinae
tribe	Formicini
genus	Formica
species	flori

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Formica flori Mayr 1868

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Invalid names: Formica (Serviformica) antiqua Dlussky 1967 [synonym], Formica (Serviformica) baltica Dlussky 1967 [synonym], Formica (Serviformica) parvula Dlussky 1967 [synonym], Formica egecomerta Özdikmen 2010 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available