Formica consultans (Walker, F. 1859)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Formica
Name
Formica consultans Walker, F., 1859 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Formica consultans Walker, F., 1859, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 373-373.
Description
Mas. Nigra, elongata, scitissime punctata, capito parvo antice fulvo, mandibulis minimis, antennis piceis fili-formibus corpore valde brevioribus, scapo brevissimo, abdomine rufescente elliptico fascia media nigra, pedibus testaceis, alis cinereis, latiusculis, venis testaceis, stigmate piceo. Male. Black, elongate, slightly shining, very finely punctured. Head rather small, tawny in front; mandibles very small. Antennae; piceous, slender, filiform, much shorter than the body; scape very short. Abdomen reddish, elliptical, a little broader than the thorax, with a black middle band. Legs testaceous, slender. Wings cinereous, rather broad; veins testaceous, in structure much like those of Formica exercitaHNS; stigma piceous. Length of the body 3 lines; of the wings 5 lines.
Taxon Treatment
- Walker, F.; 1859: Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects., Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 373-373. doi
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