Proformica buddhaensis

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: China, Mongolia.

Nomenclature

 *  buddhaensis. Proformica mongolica subsp. buddhaensis Ruzsky, 1915a: 432 (w.) CHINA. Raised to species: Dlussky, 1969a: 226; Pisarski, 1969b: 307. Senior synonym of lefevrei: Dlussky, 1969a: 226.
 * lefevrei. Formica (Proformica) lefevrei Wheeler, W.M. 1929f: 11 (w.) CHINA. Junior synonym of buddhaensis: Dlussky, 1969a: 226.

Worker
Wheeler (1929) for Formica lefevrei - Length, 4 mm: Resembling jacoti but stouter, with shorter legs and antennae. Head as broad as long, very slightly narrowed anteriorly, with broadly rounded posterior corners and straight posterior border. External borders of mandibles convex. Clypeus short and broad, indistinctly carinate, its anterior border not projecting, nearly straight. Frontal area not shining; frontal carinae short and parallel; frontal groove distinct. Antennal scapes extending about one-fourth their length beyond the posterior corners of the head; first funicular joint slightly longer than the second and third joints together. Pronotum broader than long, convex and' rounded, almost hemispherical when seen from above; mesonotum short, as long as broad, much narrower than the pronotum, in profile somewhat flattened above; mesoepinotal constriction distinctly shorter than in jacoti and the epinotum shorter, its base rising somewhat posteriorly, shorter than the sloping declivity with which it forms a distinct rounded angle. Petiolar scale much more compressed anteroposteriorly than in jacoti, so that it appears very thin in profile, its anterior surface feebly convex, its posterior surface flat, its superior border sharp in profile, broadly rounded when seen from the front, distinctly emarginate in the middle. Gaster rather large.

Shining, with ameous reflections; mandibles striatopunctate; clypeus, cheeks and front very delicately and longitudinally striate and sparsely punctate; posterior portion of head smooth and shining with small, sharp and moderately sparse punctures. Mesopleurae and sides of epinotum rather opaque and granular; remainder of thorax and gaster smooth and shining.

Pilosity white, delicate, sparse and rather short on the upper surface of the body. Pubescence fine and appressed, visible only on the sides of the thorax, coxae, petiole and appendages.

Black; pro- and mesonotum castaneous; mandibles, antennae, trochanters, knees, tibiae and tarsi yellowish red.

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.
 * Sanllorente O., P. Lorite, F. Ruano, T. Palomeque, and A. Tinaut. 2017. Phylogenetic relationships between the slave-making ants Rossomyrmex and their Proformica hosts in relation to other genera of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). J Zool Syst Evol Res. 1–13.