Formica delinghaensis

An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton

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Formica delinghaensis Chang & He, 2002 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica sinensis Wheeler, 1913

Formica delinghaensis Chang & He, 2002a: 56, figs. 31, 32, 55 (w.) CHINA (Qinghai). Palearctic.

Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype worker, 1 paratype worker. Primary type locality: China: Qinghai Prov., Delingha, 2750 m., 15.vi.1999, no. 99-252 (Y. Chang). Primary type depository: NUYC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 1 paratype worker. Secondary type locality: same data as holotype but no. 99-221. Secondary type depository: NUYC.

Status as species: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 31.
Junior synonym of Formica sinensis: Seifert, 2021: 172.
[Note: recorded as putative junior synonym of Formica sinensis by Seifert, 2021: 172, but not explicitly stated; not regarded as a junior synonym by B. Bolton.]

Citations

Chang, Y.-D.; He, D.-H. 2002a. Taxonomic study of genus Formica L. from northwest China with descriptions of nine new species and four new records (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Formicinae). [In Chinese.]. Zoological Research 23:49-60. 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

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