Myrmica gracilescens

Smith, F., 1860, Descriptions of new species of hymenopterous insects collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace at Celebes. (Part Formicidae), Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 5, pp. 57-93 : 74

publication ID

2592

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:308AABE0-116E-4CA6-A153-B2A689E71E23

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6295731

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Myrmica gracilescens
status

 

2. Myrmica gracilescens   HNS .

M. rufo-ferruginea, gracileseens ; lævissima et politissima.

Worker. Length 1 line. Rufo-ferruginous, smooth and shining; the tarsi and the basal joints of the flagellum pale rufo-testaceous ; the club of the antennæ 3-jointed; the antennae nearly as long as the body. The metathorax with two short acute spines. Abdomen ovate ; the basal node of the peduncle petiolated, and elevated above the second node, which is ovate-eonical, the first being conical.

Hab. Makassar.

This elegant little ant closely resembles the Myrmica lippula   HNS of Europe.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Myrmica

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