Formica nitida

Smith, F., 1859, Catalogue of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at the Islands of Aru and Key., Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 3, pp. 132-158 : 138

publication ID

10342

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:03D4C4E8-74F9-42F2-8FD1-00A6DC22903A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6295793

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/84AA3019-976C-35F7-2654-F1C93AC2BD51

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Christiana

scientific name

Formica nitida
status

 

11. Formica nitida View in CoL   HNS .

F. capite abdomineque nigris, antennis thoraceque pedibusque rufo-testaceis laevissimis et lucidis.

Worker. Length 4 lines. Head and abdomen shining black; the flagellum, thorax, legs, and scale of the petiole rufo-testaceous; the legs palest; the scape fuscous, with its base pale; the head large, wider than the abdomen, and emarginate behind; the clypeus and mandibles obscurely ferruginous. Thorax compressed, not strangulated in the middle. The scale of the petiole narrow, with its margin rounded above; abdomen ovate, and sprinkled with a few erect pale hairs.

Hab. Aru.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Formica

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