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var.
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The taxon was described from
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.
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TON (1995) considered the name as available. The title of the paper “De boreale form van de roode boschmier (
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">Formica rufa rufa</emphasis>
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)” suggests that
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intended to introduce the new name at infrasubspecific rank. Yet, the main text did not make it clear what his intention was. If the name is available, we can assume a synonymy with
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<emphasis box="[816,1018,561,582]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">Formica pratensis</emphasis>
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based on the following argumentation. The
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locality is in Hoge Veluwe (
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,
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,
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) a sand dune area with interspersed moister parts. We have only four species of the
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group potentially occurring in that region:
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<emphasis box="[1100,1176,689,710]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. rufa</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis box="[1191,1402,689,710]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">Formica polyctena</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. pratensis</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis box="[980,1202,721,742]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">Formica truncorum</emphasis>
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.
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is extremely rare in
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and
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would have noted the diagnostic pigmentation. Therefore, he would have referred to one of the other three species. The reported presence on extensor profile of tibiae of 5 - 11 setae which are erected by 30 - 45° clearly speaks against
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<emphasis box="[816,894,913,934]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. rufa</emphasis>
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,
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<emphasis box="[910,1051,913,934]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. polyctena</emphasis>
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, or
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<emphasis box="[1099,1240,913,934]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. polyctena</emphasis>
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×
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<emphasis box="[1273,1322,913,934]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">rufa</emphasis>
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.
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gave no data on pilosity on back of head but he compared his
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with specimens of “
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” from the Norwegian coast near the Lofoten (
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) and of “
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<emphasis box="[903,1057,1040,1062]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. rufa alpina</emphasis>
Santschi
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” from the high Alps. For zoogeographical and morphological reasons, his specimens from the Lofoten obviously belonged to
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">Formica lugubris</emphasis>
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and those from the high Alps to either
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<emphasis box="[1319,1436,1137,1158]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. lugubris</emphasis>
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or
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<emphasis box="[845,1092,1169,1190]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">Formica paralugubris</emphasis>
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. These data implicate
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. angusticeps</emphasis>
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to have a rich overall pilosity as it is typical for
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<emphasis italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="160">F. pratensis</emphasis>
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and to be hairier than in the hairiest
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phenotypes.
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