Formica sentschuensis

Formica sentschuensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. sentschuensis
Binomial name
Formica sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915
Synonyms
Formica dalailamae Ruzsky, 1915

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 30.12472222° to 30.12472222°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: Tibet (type locality).
Palaearctic Region: China.

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.

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.

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• dalailamae. Formica (Neoformica) dalailamae Ruzsky, 1915a: 431, fig. 9 (w.) TIBET. Combination in F. (Serviformica): Emery, 1925b: 246. Junior synonym of sentschuensis: Dlussky, 1965a: 17.
• sentschuensis. Formica (Raptiformica) sentschuensis Ruzsky, 1915a: 428, figs. 7, 8 (w.q.) TIBET. Senior synonym of dalailamae: Dlussky, 1965a: 17.

References

• Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 203, catalogue)
• Dlussky, G. M. 1965a. Ants of the genus Formica L. of Mongolia and northeast Tibet (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 23: 15-43 (page 17, senior synonym of dalailamae)
• Ruzsky, M. 1915a. On the ants of Tibet and the southern Gobi. On material collected on the expedition of Colonel P. K. Kozlov. Ezheg. Zool. Muz. 20: 418-444 (page 428, figs. 7, 8 worker, queen described)*Subedi, I.P., Budha, P.B., Bharti, H., Alonso, L. 2020. An updated checklist of Nepalese ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). ZooKeys 1006, 99–136 (doi:10.3897/zookeys.1006.58808).

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
• Leeanne E. Alonso, Liu Shaoying, Shen Xiaoli, and Jennifer McCullough (Editors). 2009. A Rapid Biological Assessment of three sites in the Mountains of Southwest China Hotspot, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China. RAP Bulletin of Biological Assessment 52. Conservation International, Arlington, VA, USA.
• Li Z.h. 2006. List of Chinese Insects. Volume 4. Sun Yat-sen University Press
• Ran H., and S. Y. Zhou. 2012. Checklist of chinese ants: formicomorph subfamilies (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) II. Journal of Guangxi Normal University: Natural Science Edition 30(4): 81-91.
• Wu J. 1990. Taxonomic studies on the genus Formica of China (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Forest Research 3: 1-8.
• Xu Z., J. Chu, C Zhang, and N. Yu. 2011. Ant species and distribution pattern in Gongbo Nature Reserve in Southeastern Tibet. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 30(1): 118-123.
• Xu Z., J. Chu, C. Zhang, and N. Yu. 2011. Ant Species and D istribution Pattern in GongboNature Reserve in Southeastern T ibet. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 30(1): 118-123.