Formica herculanea

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 53

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296345

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scientific name

Formica herculanea
status

 

186. Formica herculanea   LSID . B.M.

Formica herculanea   LSID , Linn. Faun. Suec. 1720.

Formica castanea, Latr.   LSID Hist. Nat. Fourm. 118. pl. III. f. 12. A. [[worker]], D.[[queen]],C.[[male]].

St. Farg. Hym. i. 215. 21.

Hab. North America.

The F. castanea   LSID appears to be the highly coloured form of F. herculanea; specimens from the United States are frequently highly coloured, some having the basal segment of the abdomen red; those from Arctic America are usually very dark coloured.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Formica

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