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Formica sinensis Wheeler, 1913 valid

Formica truncicola var. sinensis Wheeler, 1913i: 391 (in key) (w.) CHINA. Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2021: 172). Primary type locality: lectotype China: Chung-King [Chongqing], 1909 (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: AMNH. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 31 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, SMNG.

Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2021: 172.
[Formica truncicola truncicola sinensis Wheeler, 1913i; unavailable (infrasubspecific) name.]
As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Emery, 1925d: 255; Wheeler, 1930k: 81; Chapman & Capco, 1951: 197.
Status as species: Wu, 1990: 6 (in key); Bolton, 1995b: 204; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 145; Chang & He, 2002a: 51 (in key); Zhang & Zheng, 2002: 218; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 32; Seifert, 2021: 172 (diagnosis).
Senior synonym of Formica delinghaensis: Seifert, 2021: 172.
Senior synonym of Formica wongi: Seifert, 2021: 172.

Junior synonyms

Formica delinghaensis Chang & He, 2002
Formica wongi Wu, 1990

Obsolete combinations

Formica truncicola sinensis

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chang, Y.-D.; He, D.-H. 2002a. Taxonomic study of genus Formica L. from northwest China with descriptions of nine new species and four new records (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). [In Chinese.]. Zoological Research 23:49-60. PDF
Chapman, J. W.; Capco, S. R. 1951. Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia. Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327. PDF
Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183:1-302. PDF
Guénard, B.; Dunn, R. R. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3358:1-77. PDF
Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31:133-179. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1913i. A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (Linné) Mayr. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53:379-565. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1930k. A list of the known Chinese ants. Peking Natural History Bulletin 5:53-81. PDF
Wu, J. 1990. Taxonomic studies on the genus Formica L. of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [In Chinese.]. Forest Research 3:1-8. PDF
Wu, J.; Wang, C. 1995a. The ants of China. [In Chinese.]. Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.
Zhang, W.; Zheng, Z.-M. 2002. Studies of ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) fauna in Sichuan Province. [In Chinese.]. Entomotaxonomia 24:216-222. PDF

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