taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
03A3F80DFFADFF9BBBC771FEE8A73DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968529/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968529	Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Formica tibetana n.sp. (pink dots) and of Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915 (black dots, black rhomb type locality) in the Chinese provinces Quinghai, Ganzu and Sichuan. The size of dots is proportional to the number of samples found in a site.	Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Formica tibetana n.sp. (pink dots) and of Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915 (black dots, black rhomb type locality) in the Chinese provinces Quinghai, Ganzu and Sichuan. The size of dots is proportional to the number of samples found in a site.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
03A3F80DFFADFF9BBBC771FEE8A73DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968531/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968531	Figure 2. Head of the paralectotype of Formica sentschuensis in full face view.	Figure 2. Head of the paralectotype of Formica sentschuensis in full face view.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
03A3F80DFFADFF9BBBC771FEE8A73DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968535/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968535	Figure 4. Clypeus of the paralectotype of Formica sentschuensis in frontodorsal view.	Figure 4. Clypeus of the paralectotype of Formica sentschuensis in frontodorsal view.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
03A3F80DFFA8FF94B86871DFEE3F3DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968529/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968529	Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Formica tibetana n.sp. (pink dots) and of Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915 (black dots, black rhomb type locality) in the Chinese provinces Quinghai, Ganzu and Sichuan. The size of dots is proportional to the number of samples found in a site.	Figure 1. Geographic distribution of Formica tibetana n.sp. (pink dots) and of Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915 (black dots, black rhomb type locality) in the Chinese provinces Quinghai, Ganzu and Sichuan. The size of dots is proportional to the number of samples found in a site.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
03A3F80DFFA8FF94B86871DFEE3F3DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968537/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968537	Figure 5. Head of the holotype of Formica tibetana n.sp. in full face view.	Figure 5. Head of the holotype of Formica tibetana n.sp. in full face view.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
03A3F80DFFA8FF94B86871DFEE3F3DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968539/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968539	Figure 8. Principal component analysis of worker individuals considering the 21 morphological characters given in Tab.1. Squares – Formica tibetana n.sp., dots – Formica sentschuensis; specimens from the holotype samples filled in red.	Figure 8. Principal component analysis of worker individuals considering the 21 morphological characters given in Tab.1. Squares – Formica tibetana n.sp., dots – Formica sentschuensis; specimens from the holotype samples filled in red.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
03A3F80DFFA8FF94B86871DFEE3F3DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968541/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968541	Figure 9. Principal component of gyne individuals of 12 species of Palaearctic Formica rufa group species with dependent nest foundation (black squares), of 14 independently founding Palaearctic Serviformica species and of Formica tibetana n.sp. (black dots) considering head size CS and the shape variables CL/CW,SL/CS,PEW/CS and ML/CS.	Figure 9. Principal component of gyne individuals of 12 species of Palaearctic Formica rufa group species with dependent nest foundation (black squares), of 14 independently founding Palaearctic Serviformica species and of Formica tibetana n.sp. (black dots) considering head size CS and the shape variables CL/CW,SL/CS,PEW/CS and ML/CS.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
03A3F80DFFA8FF94B86871DFEE3F3DF9.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/16968543/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16968543	Figure 11. Development of Formica tibetana n.sp. nest mound.	Figure 11. Development of Formica tibetana n.sp. nest mound.	2025-04-01	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard		Zenodo	biologists	Schultz, Roland;Seifert, Bernhard			
