A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - the famous mound-building red wood ants Author Seifert, Bernhard text Myrmecological News 2021 2021-04-28 31 133 179 http://zoobank.org/0e55c0d7-531a-48d7-a078-148b96bd461d journal article 10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133 b9f36fb1-1c9d-4af8-96ca-d57973b94862 1997-3500 5582216 0E55C0D7-531A-48D7-A078-148B96BD461D Formica staerckei BETREM, 1960 Formica nigricans var. staerckei BETREM, 1960 [description, zoogeography] It was described from a gyne collected by E. Wasman on 30 May 1885 near Castle Exaten at Baexem ( Netherlands ). BETREM (1960) , using low-resolution microscopes, mentioned hairy eyes, absence of long hairs on head, a “practically hairless” mesosoma, and a matt surface of scutellum and gaster. This corresponds to the P-morph of Formica pratensis . The type specimen should exist in NHM Maastricht but was not available for investigation.