Formica exercita (Walker, F. 1859)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Formica
Name
Formica exercita Walker, F., 1859 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Formica exercita Walker, F., 1859, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 370-371.
Description
Faem. Nigra, densissime et scitissime punctata, antennis subfiliformibus, scapo flagelloque apice rufescentibus, clypeo subcarinata incisuris duabus anticis, coxis femoribusque rufis, his apice nigris, alia fuscis, venis nigricantibus, stigmate nigro. Mas. Gracilis, antennis apice rufis, pedibus piceis. Female. Black, very thickly and finely punctured. Antennae subfiliform; tips of the scape and of the flagellum reddish. Clypeus slightly keeled, with a notch on each side in front. Legs moderately stout; coxae and femora red, the latter with black tips, Wings brown; veins blackish, in structure much like those of Polyrhachis militarisHNS; stigma black. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 8 lines. Male. More slender. Antennae slender, red towards the tips. Legs slender, piccous. Length of the body 3 - 1 / 2 lines; of the wings 7 lines.
Taxon Treatment
- Walker, F.; 1859: Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects., Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 370-371. doi
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