Formica truncicola NYLANDER, 1846

Formica truncicola NYLANDER, 1846 [type investigation]

Investigated were four type specimens from ZM Helsinki: one worker syntype pinned together with an alate gyne, both with detached heads glued on a separate cardboard, labelled “Kuusamo \ W. Nyland. \ Coll. Nyland \ Mus. Zool. H:fors Spec. typ. No 5026 Formica truncicola Nyl. ”; one alate gyne on another pin with same labels but “...Spec. typ. No 5024”; one male on a third pin with same labels but “...Spec. typ. No 5025”. All specimens fully match the established conception Formica truncorum .