Formica rufoglauca, Jerdon, T. C., 1851

Jerdon, T. C., 1851, A catalogue of the species of ants found in southern India., Madras Journal of Literature and Science 17, pp. 103-127 : 124

publication ID

4764

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FB264387-6556-4A30-B9E3-B490D5A1293A

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297938

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/8ECDD6E7-5164-2320-4B29-EBC4E8459E03

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Christiana

scientific name

Formica rufoglauca
status

N. S.

40. Formica rufoglauca   HNS , N. S.

Worker, 7 - 24 th inch long, head long, oblong; eyes large, pos-terior; jaws strongly toothed; thorax not grooved; abdominal pedicle raised, conic, wide above; abdomen fine silky glaucous green; head, thorax and legs bright rufous.

Warrior, 9 - 24 th inch long, head large; eyes much smaller; antennae shorter; abdominal pedicle flattened posteriorly; abdomen snort and triangular; colour similar.

I have found this Ant only in the Carnatic in small societies living in holes in the ground.

It is possible that this' may turn out to be Fabricius species cinerascens   HNS .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Formica

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