Formica subcyanea Wheeler, 1913 valid
Formica subcyanea Wheeler, 1913i: 563 (w.q.m.) MEXICO (Hidalgo). Neotropic.
Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1973: 249). Type localities: Mexico: Hidalgo, Guerrero Mill (9000 ft) (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Velasco (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, below Real del Monte (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, El Chico (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Pachuca (W.M. Mann). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: paralectotype workers, paralectotype queens (numbers not stated), 1 paralectotype male. Type localities: Mexico: Hidalgo, Guerrero Mill (9000 ft) (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Velasco (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, below Real del Monte (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, El Chico (W.M. Mann), Hidalgo, Pachuca (W.M. Mann). Secondary type depositories: AFPC, AMNH, MCZC, MHNG, USNM. Type notes: 1) Francoeur, 1975: 263, cites 3 worker syntypes in MHNG. 2) Francoeur, 1973: 249, does not specify the locality of the lectotype; he merely says “I have examined specimens from all these localities except Velasco”.
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