Formica litoralis

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

Nomenclature

 *  litoralis. Formica rufibarbis subsp. litoralis Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926b: 100, figs. 13, 14 (w.) KAZAKHSTAN. Dlussky, 1965a: 29 (q.m.). Subspecies of subpilosa: Dlussky, 1965a: 29; Tarbinsky, 1976: 190. Raised to species: Seifert & Schultz, 2008: 80.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Dlussky G. M. 1965. Ants of the genus Formica L. of Mongolia and northeast Tibet (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Annales Zoologici (Warsaw) 23: 15-43.
 * Dlussky G. M., and B. Pisarski. 1970. Formicidae aus der Mongolei. Ergebnisse der Mongolisch-Deutschen Biologischen Expeditionen seit 1962, Nr. 46. Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin 46: 85-90.
 * Guénard B., and R. R. Dunn. 2012. A checklist of the ants of China. Zootaxa 3558: 1-77.
 * Pisarski B. 1969. Fourmis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) de la Mongolie. Fragmenta Faunistica (Warsaw). 15: 221-236.
 * Schultz, R., A. G. Radchenko, and B. Seifert. "A critical checklist of the ants of Kyrgyzstan (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." Myrmecologische Nachrichten 8 (2006): 201-207.
 * Seifert B., and R. Schultz. 2009. A taxonomic revision of the Formica subpilosa Ruzsky, 1902 group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12: 67-83.