Formica fusca fairchildi

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

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Formica fusca fairchildi Wheeler, 1927 junior synonym of current valid taxon Formica glacialis Wheeler, 1908

Formica fusca var. fairchildi Wheeler, 1927a: 40 (w.) INDONESIA (Sumatra). Indomalaya.

Primary type information: Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Francoeur, 1977a: 11). Primary type locality: lectotype Indonesia: Sumatra, above Kota Dah, 4000 ft, 8.iii.1926 (D. Fairchild). Primary type depository: MCZC. Secondary type information: Secondary type material: 11 paralectotype workers. Secondary type locality: same as for lectotype. Secondary type depositories: AMNH, MCZC, USNM. Type notes: Type locality in error, correctly probably U.S.A. (Francoeur, 1977a: 11).

Lectotype designation: Francoeur, 1977a: 11.
Junior synonym of Formica glacialis: Francoeur, 1977a: 11; Bolton, 1995b: 194.

Citations

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
Francoeur, A. 1977a. The taxonomic status and biogeographic significance of the Sumatran Formica (Formicidae, Hymenoptera). Psyche (Cambridge) 84:11-12. PDF
Wheeler, W. M. 1927a. The occurrence of Formica fusca L. in Sumatra. Psyche (Cambridge) 34:40-41. PDF

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