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Formica clara sinae
| Formica clara sinae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. clara |
| Subspecies: | F. clara sinae |
| Trinomial name | |
| Formica clara sinae Emery, 1925 | |
| Synonyms | |
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This subspecies is only known by the type series which was collected on the sand-flats west of Nu Ku Kow, Kiachou Bay, Quingdao (= Tsingtao), Shandong Province (Wheeler 1923).
Identification
Seifert and Schultz (2009) - A member of the Formica rufibarbis group. Though being most similar to Formica clara s.str. in the majority of characters, the much more developed pronotal pilosity (nPN1.4 9.2) and some 2850 km distance from the next known population of F. clara s.str. makes it advisable to establish an East Chinese subspecies F. clara sinae. We cannot exclude that F. c. sinae could have species rank but testing this is prevented by lack of further sympatric material.
Distribution
Latitudinal Distribution Pattern
Latitudinal Range: 36.24° to 30.65861°.
| North Temperate |
North Subtropical |
Tropical | South Subtropical |
South Temperate |
- Source: AntMaps
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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Countries Occupied
| Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species. |
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Estimated Abundance
| Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
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Biology
Castes
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- orientalis. Formica rufibarbis var. orientalis Wheeler, W.M. 1923b: 4 (w.) CHINA. [Junior primary homonym of orientalis Ruzsky, above.] Replacement name: sinae Emery, 1925b: 250.
- sinae. Formica (Serviformica) rufibarbis var. sinae Emery, 1925b: 250. Replacement name for orientalis Wheeler, W.M. 1923b: 4. [Junior primary homonym of orientalis Ruzsky, 1915a: 427.] Santschi, 1928b: 42 (q.). Junior synonym of glauca: Dlussky, 1967a: 74. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Wu, 1990: 4. Subspecies of clara: Seifert & Schultz, 2009: 265.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Worker
Seifert and Schultz (2009) - Medium-sized Serviformica, CS 1.327 mm; pronotum more hairy than in Formica clara s.str., nPN1.4 9.2. Propodeum plus dorsolateral metapleuron normally with one seta. Petiole narrower than in average F. clara s.str.: PEW / CS1.4 0.428. All other body dimensions near the average of the nominal form: CL / CW1.4 1.142, OceD / CS1.4 0.168, EYE / CS1.4 0.283, SL / CS1.4 1.060, nMN1.4 1.6, nPE1.4 2.5, nHFFL1.4 0.2, RipD1.4 4.2, sqPDG1.4 2.9. Clypeus with sharp median keel and longitudinal microcarinulae. Frontal triangle finely transversally rippled and with 40 - 60 pubescence hairs. Eyes with microsetae of 5 - 7 μm maximum length. Ventral coxae and gaster tergites with long setae. Dorsal crest of petiole in frontal view convex, sometimes with straight median portion. In lateral aspect wedge-shaped, relatively small with more convex anterior and more straight posterior profile. Colouration as in the typical northern population of F. clara s.str.: light yellowish brown with darker vertex, dorsal pronotum and mesonotum, coxae only slightly more dark.
Type Material
Seifert and Schultz (2009) - Three workers labelled “ShanTung', China Aug.24 1922 A.P.-Jacot” [integrated interpretation from both handwritten labels of Jacot], “A. P. Jacot No. 2287”, “Gift of W. M. Wheeler”, “M.C.Z. Type 1-3 21733”, “var. orientalis Wheeler”; three further workers labelled “ShanTung', China Aug.24 1922 A. P.-Jacot” [integrated interpretation from both badly handwritten labels of Jacot], “Gift of W. M. Wheeler”, “M.C.Z. Type 4-6 21733”; all Museum of Comparative Zoology.
References
- Antonov, I.A., Bukin, Yu.S. 2016. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the ant genus Formica L. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Palearctic region. Russian Journal of Genetics 52(8), 810–820 (doi:10.1134/s1022795416080020).
- Borowiec, M.L., Borowiec, L. 2013. New data on the occurrence of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Lower Silesia and other regions of Poland. Wiadomosci Entomologiczne 32: 49-57.
- [[Media:Seifert & Schultz 2009B.pdf|Seifert, B. and R. Schultz. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the Formica rufibarbis Fabricius, 1793 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News. 12:2*Zhu, W., Wu, L., Duan, L., Xu, S. 2022. A checklist of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in northern Shaanxi Province, China, with one new species of genus Proformica Ruzsky, 1902, Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 25, 101875 (doi:10.1016/j.aspen.2022.101875).
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