Formica wongi WU, 1990

Formica wongi WU, 1990 [type investigation]

This taxon was described from near Yongji, province Jilin (NE China, 43.70° N, 126.34° E) in material collected 6 October 1983. Investigated were five paratype workers from the holotype sample from RIFCAF Beijing (now in SMN Görlitz) labelled in handwritten Chinese. The label was confirmed by different native Chinese speakers to name the type locality and it contained the sequence “ 1983.X.6 ” and “ Formica wongi Wu ”. The type series consists of unusually small workers of apparently a colony in foundation and its higher SL / CS of 1.018, and reduction of reddish pigment is explained by the normal allometric trends we observe in all Formica rufa group ants. For investigation results of the type series, see below under taxonomic comments and clustering results.