Formica wongi WU, 1990

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 : 172

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5587870
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scientific name	Formica wongi WU, 1990
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Formica wongi WU, 1990 View in CoL

Formica wongi WU, 1990 View in CoL [type investigation]

This GoogleMaps taxon was described from near Yongji, province Jilin (NE China, 43.70° N, 126.34° E) in material collected 6 October 1983. Investigated were five paratype workers from the holotype sample from RIFCAF Beijing (now in SMN Görlitz) labelled in handwritten Chinese. The label was confirmed by different native Chinese speakers to name the type locality and it contained the sequence “ 1983.X.6 ” and “ Formica wongi Wu ”. The type series consists of unusually small workers of apparently a colony in foundation and its higher SL / CS of 1.018, and reduction of reddish pigment is explained by the normal allometric trends we observe in all Formica rufa group ants. For investigation results of the type series, see below under taxonomic comments and clustering results.

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Insecta
Order	Hymenoptera
Family	Formicidae
Genus	Formica