Formica polyctena FOERSTER, 1850
Formica polyctena FOERSTER, 1850
A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - the famous mound-building red wood ants
Seifert, Bernhard
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FOERSTER, 1850
FOERSTER
1850
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Insecta
Formicidae
Formica
Animalia
Hymenoptera
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155
Arthropoda
species
polyctena
Formica polyctena FOERSTER, 1850[description, zoogeography]
This ant was described from Stolberg near Aachen / Germanywhere it formed a polydomous colony. FOERSTER (1850)’s description of setae condition and surface structures in the worker and gyne allows a clear differentiation from any Formica rufagroup species present in this region.