Formica wheeleri Stitz

For a list of taxa which share this name see Formica wheeleri (disambiguation).

Formica wheeleri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. wheeleri
Binomial name
Formica wheeleri Stitz, 1939

The existence or location of the types for this taxa is unknown and their descriptions are lacking diagnostic information. As a consequence, these taxa are incertae sedis and students of Coptoformica should not speculatively use these names in any context unless types are discovered and reliably identified (Seifert, 2000). The description does not allow even a guess to which of the three species occurring near Eberswalde this taxon might belong (Seifert & Schultz, 2021).

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

Germany (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Nomenclature

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

• wheeleri. Formica exsecta var. wheeleri Stitz, 1939: 311 (w.) GERMANY.
  • [First available use of Formica exsecta subsp. exsecta var. wheeleri Krausse, 1926d: 264; unavailable name.]
  • Junior synonym of exsecta: Dlussky, 1967a: 100.
  • Unidentifiable taxon: Seifert, 2000a: 562; Seifert & Schultz, 2021: 208.

References

• Seifert, B 2000a. A taxonomic revision of the ant subgenus Coptoformica Mueller, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoosystema 22:517-568.
• Seifert, B., Schultz, R. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic ant subgenus Coptoformica Müller, 1923 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 71 (2): 177–220 (doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.2.177-220).
• Stitz, H. 1939. Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meersteile nach ihren Merkmalen und nach ihrer Lebensweise. 37. Theil. Hautflüger oder Hymenoptera. I: Ameisen oder Formicidae. Jena: G. Fischer, 428 pp.