Formica rufibarbis Fabricius

Iran list Type location France (Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793: 355, worker; Jurine, 1807: 273, queen & male).
Junior synonym (as listed by Seifert & Schulz, 2009) cinereorufibarbis (Forel, 1874: 55) type location Switzerland - see https://www.antweb.org/specimenImages.do?name=casent0911067.

Fabricius' (1793) description is at .

Bondroit (1918: 51) gave an illustrated description, that is at .

The photomontage of the neotype worker is collated from http://www.antweb.org/specimen.do?name=antweb1008421.

Oxford University Museum specimens

Formica rufibarbis B Taylor det.

Iran V H Kia 17

14.v.2014 34.70°N 50.01°E 1982 m

Tafresh, Markasi hand collected park, on ground 0939h

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The photomontage is of a worker from Iran, collector V H Kia (17).