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An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World
by Barry Bolton
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Formicinae
›
Formicini
›
Formica
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Formica approximans
Formica
approximans
Wheeler, 1933
junior synonym of current valid taxon
Formica truncorum
Fabricius, 1804
Formica truncorum var. approximans
Wheeler, 1933c
: 65 (w.) CHINA (Beijing). Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: 6 syntype workers. Primary type locality: China: Eastern Tomb, nr Peking, 16.vii.1930 (
Chi Ho
). Primary type depository:
MCZC
. Primary type specimen: M.C.Z. CoType 1.-6 21720.
Subspecies of
Formica truncorum
:
Chapman & Capco, 1951
: 201.
Status as species:
Wu, 1990
: 4, 5 (in key);
Bolton, 1995b
: 191;
Wu & Wang, 1995a
: 145;
Guénard & Dunn, 2012
: 30.
Junior synonym of
Formica truncorum
:
Seifert, 2021
: 169.
Obsolete combinations
Formica truncorum approximans
Citations
Bolton, B.
1995b.
A new general catalogue of the ants of the world.
Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Chapman, J. W.
;
Capco, S. R.
1951.
Check list of the ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Asia.
Monographs of the Institute of Science and Technology. Manila 1:1-327.
PDF
Guénard, B.
;
Dunn, R. R.
2012.
A checklist of the ants of China.
Zootaxa 3358:1-77.
PDF
Seifert, B.
2021.
A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the
Formica rufa
group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants.
Myrmecological News 31:133-179.
10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133
PDF
Wheeler, W. M.
1933c.
New ants from China and Japan.
Psyche (Cambridge) 40:65-67.
PDF
Wu, J.
1990.
Taxonomic studies on the genus
Formica
L. of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). [In Chinese.].
Forest Research 3:1-8.
PDF
Wu, J.
;
Wang, C.
1995a.
The ants of China. [In Chinese.].
Beijing: China Forestry Publishing House, x + 214 pp.
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