Formica relucens, Latr

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 : 127

publication ID	4764
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6297952
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scientific name	Formica relucens, Latr
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" Formica relucens, Latr HNS .

Exceedingly like the last. ( F. nustata HNS ), differs in the following points - body covered with silky, golden, shining down, with a few larger hairs; thorax with two spines anteriorly and none posteriorly; abdominal pedicle with 4 spines, the upper ones nearly straight; length 4 linea. From Southern Asia.