Formica assimilis, 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 : 125

publication ID	4764
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FB264387-6556-4A30-B9E3-B490D5A1293A
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297942
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/0D0EBFA6-7FAC-F466-A78A-A6A0C8086106
treatment provided by	Christiana
scientific name	Formica assimilis
status	N. S.

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42. Formica assimilis HNS , N. S.

Worker, exceedingly similar to the last.

Length, 3 - 24 th of an inch, differs in its colour chiefly being of a shining reddish black, in its eyes being apparently large, the thorax narrower, and in being covered all over with scattered white hairs.

I have found it frequenting flowers in Malabar, but not abundant.