Formica ruficeps Motschoulsky, 1863 incertae sedis in genus, unresolved junior homonym, unidentifiable
Formica ruficeps Motschoulsky, 1863: 12 (in text) (w.) INDONESIA (Java). Indomalaya.
Primary type information: Primary type material: holotype (?) worker. Primary type locality: Indonesia: Java (no collector’s name). Primary type depository: unknown. Type notes: 1) No indication of number of specimens is given. 2) According to Horn & Kahle, 1936: 183, Motschoulsky material is scattered through DEIB, MNHU, ZISP, ZMUM, and a museum in Riga, Latvia.
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