Formica ravida Creighton 1940

Formica rufa subsp. ravida Creighton, 1940a PDF: 1, 7 (in key), fig. 1 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. Nearctic. AntCat AntWiki HOL

Taxonomic history

[First available use of Formica truncicola integroides ravida Wheeler, 1913; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.].Replacement name for Formica haemorrhoidalis Creighton, 1940.[Junior primary homonym of Cephalotes haemorrhoidalis (Latreille, 1802).].[Note: Formica ravida Creighton, 1940 junior synonym of Formica haemorrhoidalis Creighton, 1940 (synonymy by Brown, 1965d PDF: 181); hence Formica ravida Creighton, 1940 designated first available replacement name (Bolton, 1995b: 202).].As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Wheeler, 1917a PDF: 539; Emery, 1925d PDF: 254.Subspecies of Formica obscuripes: Creighton, 1950a PDF: 493; Smith, 1958c PDF: 157; Smith, 1967a PDF: 372.Subspecies of Formica rufa: Smith, 1951c PDF: 870.Junior synonym of Formica haemorrhoidalis Creighton, 1940: Brown, 1965d PDF: 181; Smith, 1979: 1458.Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 202; Mackay & Mackay, 2002 PDF: 370; Ward, 2005 PDF: 64.Senior synonym of Formica rufa tahoensis: Bolton, 1995b: 202.

Formica ravida is a species of ant in the family Formicidae.