Formica frontalis
Santschi, 1919
valid
Formica truncorum var. frontalis
Santschi, 1919e:
246 (w.)
SPAIN.
Palearctic.
Primary type information:
Primary type material: lectotype worker (by designation of Seifert, 2021: 171). Primary type locality: lectotype Spain: Pozuelo de Calatrava (de la Fuente). Primary type depository: NHMB.
Type notes:
According to Seifert, 2021: 171, the specimen CASENT0912253 (Spain: Sierra de Guadarrama (Dusmet), in NHMB) has no type status.
- Lectotype designation: Seifert, 2021: 171.
- Tinaut & Martínez-Ibañez, 1998d: 33 (q.m.)
- As unavailable (infrasubspecific) name: Santschi, 1925g: 351; Schmitz, 1950: 14.
- Subspecies of Formica truncorum: Bolton, 1995b: 195.
- Status as species: Espadaler, 1997g: 28; Tinaut & Martínez-Ibañez, 1998d: 33; Borowiec, 2014: 74; Lebas et al., 2016: 178; Seifert, 2021: 171 (diagnosis); Arcos et al., 2022: 10.
Obsolete combinations
Citations
- Arcos, J.; Chaves, D.; Alarcón, P.; Rosado, Á. 2022. First record of Temnothorax convexus (Forel, 1894) in Portugal (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with an updated checklist of the ants from the country. Sociobiology 69 (2): e7623:1-15. 10.13102/sociobiology.v69i2.7623 PDF
- Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp.
- Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25 (1-2):1-340. PDF
- Espadaler, X. 1997g. Catàleg de les formigues (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) dels països catalans. Sessió d'Entomologia ICHN-SCL 9:23-42. PDF
- Lebas, C.; Galkowski, C.; Blatrix, R.; Wegnez, P. 2016. Guide Delachaux: Fourmis d’Europe occidentale. Luçon: Delachaux et Niestlé, 415 pp.
- Santschi, F. 1919e. Fourmis d'Espagne et des Canaries. Boletín de la Real Sociedad Española de Historia Natural 19:241-248. PDF
- Santschi, F. 1925g. Fourmis d'Espagne et autres espèces paléarctiques (Hymenopt.). EOS. Revista Española de Entomología 1:339-360. PDF
- Schmitz, H. 1950. Formicidae quaedam a cl. A. Stärcke determinatae, quas in Lusitania collegit. Brotéria. Serie Ciencias Naturais 19:12-16. PDF
- Seifert, B. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) – the famous mound-building red wood ants. Myrmecological News 31:133-179. 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 PDF
- Tinaut, A.; Martínez-Ibañez, D. 1998d. Taxonomy and distribution of Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909 and of F. frontalis Santschi, 1919 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Graellsia 54:31-41. PDF
†fossil
valid
synonym
unidentifiable/excluded from Formicidae
homonym
unavailable/nomen nudum
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