Formica yessensis WHEELER 1913
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Formica yessensis WHEELER, 1913
Formica truncorum var. yessensis WHEELER, 1913 [type investigation]
The taxon was described by FOREL (1901) under the infrasubspecific name Formica rufa r. truncorum var. yessensis FOREL, 1901 from Sorachi, some 100 km ENE of Sapporo, Hokaido. Investigated was one type worker from MHN Genève labelled by A. Forel “ Formica truncicola v. yessensis For Type ” and carrying a printed label “Sorachi Prov. Ishikari Yesso V. 1899. Mus.em. 24.XI.1899 ”. The specimen shows below average setae length on eyes and no setae on dorsum of scape, and extensor profile of hind tibia but is in any character within the range of variation known from the Palaearctic population of F. truncorum. For a more detailed argumentation in favor of this synonymization, see below under taxonomic comments.
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- Journal article: 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/5582216 (URL)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/0912FF8E5E366141FFC9DA41FF91193E (URL)
- Journal article: http://zoobank.org/0E55C0D7-531A-48D7-A078-148B96BD461D (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Formica
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- WHEELER
- Species
- yessensis
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Formica yessensis WHEELER, 1913 sec. Seifert, 2021
References
- WHEELER, W. M. 1913: A revision of the ants of the genus Formica (LINNE) MAYR. - Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 53: 379 - 565.
- FOREL, A. 1901: Formiciden des Naturhistorischen Museums zu Hamburg. Neue Calyptomyrmex -, Dacryon -, Podomyrma - und Echinopla - Arten. - Mitteilungen aus dem Naturhistorischen Museum in Hamburg 18: 43 - 82.