Formica ardens

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 17-18

publication ID

8127

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6296081

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AF457BF0-E2D1-FF2B-987A-4498289ECD01

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scientific name

Formica ardens
status

 

62. Formica ardens   LSID .

Female. Length 8-9 lines.-Black; subopake: the flagellum and two or three of the apical joints of the tarsi pale rufo-testaceous; the clypeus, mandibles, coxae, femora and the abdomen more or less obscure rufo-piceous; the mandibles punctured and grooved at their apex, furnished with fine stout teeth; the clypeus carinated in the middle; the head delicately shagreened, a little wider than the thorax and emarginate behind. The mesothorax with a central longitudinal slightly impressed line which extends from base to apex; a similarly impressed bent line is situated half-way between the centre and the tegulae; wings fusco-hyaline, clearest towards their apical margins; the nervures fusco-ferruginous. The scale of the peduncle subquadrate, rounded, and emarginate above; the abdomen has a few scattered short pale hairs, and the apical margins of the segments narrowly rufo-piceous.

Hab. India (Deccan). (Coll. East India House.)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

Genus

Formica

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