Formica staerckei BETREM, 1960

Seifert, Bernhard, 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, pp. 133-179 : 160

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5584836
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scientific name	Formica staerckei BETREM, 1960
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Formica nigricans var. staerckei BETREM, 1960 [description, zoogeography]

It was described from a gyne collected by E. Wasman on 30 May 1885 near Castle Exaten at Baexem ( Netherlands). BETREM (1960), using low-resolution microscopes, mentioned hairy eyes, absence of long hairs on head, a “practically hairless” mesosoma, and a matt surface of scutellum and gaster. This corresponds to the P-morph of Formica pratensis . The type specimen should exist in NHM Maastricht but was not available for investigation.