Formica wongi - AntCat

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Formica wongi Wu, 1990 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica sinensis Wheeler, 1913

Formica wongi Wu, 1990: 2, 5 (in key), figs. 10, 18 (w.) CHINA (Jilin). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Jilin Prov., Yongjie, 6.x.1983 (H. Gu). Primary type depository: CAFB. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 38 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for holotype. Secondary type depository: CAFB, SMNG.

Status as species: Bolton, 1995b: 206; Wu & Wang, 1995a: 144; Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 32.
Junior synonym of Formica sinensis: Seifert, 2021: 172.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
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
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.

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