Formica villiscapa
Chang & He, 2002
valid
Formica villiscapa
Chang & He, 2002a:
55, figs. 27, 28, 65 (w.)
CHINA (Gansu).
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: holotype worker. Primary type locality: China: Gansu Prov., Hezuo, 3100 m., 20.vi.1999, no. 99-100 (Y. Chang). Primary type depository: NUYC.
Secondary type information:
Secondary type material: 20 paratype workers. Secondary type locality: 4 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 98-184, 11 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 99-103, 5 paratype workers with same data as holotype but no. 99-210. Secondary type depository: NUYC.
- Status as species: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 32.
- [Note: Seifert, 2021: 177, says position in genus cannot be ascertained, but without examination of type material.]
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