Formica miniocca

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 based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China.

Nomenclature

 *  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.

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.