Formica approximans WHEELER, 1933

Seifert, Bernhard, 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, pp. 133-179 : 169

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5587868
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scientific name	Formica approximans WHEELER, 1933
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Formica approximans WHEELER, 1933 View in CoL

Formica truncorum var. approximans WHEELER, 1933 View in CoL [type investigation]

The taxon was described from Eastern Tomb / China. Investigated were six worker syntypes from MCZ Harvard, labelled “Eastern Tomb July 16, 30 Chi Ho”, “Gift of W.M.Wheeler ”, “ M.C.Z. CoType 1.-6 21720”, and “ Syntypes Formica truncorum var. approximans Wheeler ” (upper side) “S P Cover IX-2006 ” (underside). The specimens fully correspond to the East Palaearctic population of F. truncorum . For a more detailed argumentation in favor of this synonymization, see below under taxonomic comments.