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Formica miniocca
| Formica miniocca | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Formicini |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. miniocca |
| Binomial name | |
| Formica miniocca Chang & He, 2002 | |
Identification
Chang and He (2002) - Similar to Formica sanguinea, but F. miniocca with alitrunk, legs and petiole node bright red; head dark red, area between frontal carinae and eyes brown; eyes smaller and much longer, maximum diameter 0.43 – 0.50 mm; pubescence on head and alitrunk short and sparse.
Distribution
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.
- miniocca. Formica minocca Chang & He, 2002a: 52, figs. 2, 3, 47 (w.) CHINA.
- [Note: name spelled as miniocca pp. 49 (in abstract), 51 (in key), 59 (in figure captions), but minocca in text, p. 52. The predominant spelling, miniocca, is adopted here.]
- Status as species: Guénard & Dunn, 2012: 32.
Unless otherwise noted the text for the remainder of this section is reported from the publication that includes the original description.
Description
Type Material
Holotype worker, No.98 - 604, 9-VIII-1998, Pengyang, 1700 m, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, coll. CHANG Yourde. Paratypes 3 workers, No. 98 - 515, same colony as holotype. Deposited in Ningxia Agricultural College collection.