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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5587868

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scientific name

Formica approximans WHEELER, 1933
status

 

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.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Formica

Loc

Formica approximans WHEELER, 1933

Seifert, Bernhard 2021
2021
Loc

Formica truncorum var. approximans WHEELER, 1933

Wheeler 1933
1933
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