Formica detorquens

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

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Formica detorquens Walker, 1859 an obsolete combination of Technomyrmex detorquens (Walker, 1859)

Formica detorquens Walker, 1859: 372 (q.) SRI LANKA. Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: 2 syntype queens (one now lost). Primary type locality: Sri Lanka (“Ceylon”): (no further data). Primary type depository: BMNH. Primary type specimen: CASENT0903030. Type notes: Donisthorpe, 1932b: 575, cites 2 winged queens, only 1 of which now exists (Bolton, 2007b: 69).

Citations

Bolton, B. 2007b. Taxonomy of the dolichoderine ant genus Technomyrmex Mayr (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) based on the worker caste. Contributions of the American Entomological Institute 35(1):1-150. PDF
Donisthorpe, H. 1932b. On the identity of some ants from Ceylon described by F. Walker. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (10)9:574-576. PDF
Walker, F. 1859. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects. [part]. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3)4:370-376. PDF

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