Formica obscurans (Walker, F. 1859)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Formica
Name
Formica obscurans Walker, F., 1859 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Formica obscurans Walker, F., 1859, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 372-373.
Description
Faem. Nigra, sat gracilis, scitissime punctata, capito longi-quadrato, mandibulis magnis fulvis, antennis corporis dimidio vix brevioribus, scapo longo subclavato, flagello fulvo sub- clavato, mesothorace sublineato, abdomine latiusculo, pedibus pi-ceis, alis albidis, venis stigmateque testaceis. Female. Black, rather slender, slightly shining, very finely punctured. Head elongate-quadrate; mandibles large, tawny. Antennae; nearly half the length of the body; scape subclavate, about two-thirds of the length of the flagellum; the latter tawny, subclavate. Prothorax and metathorax well developed; mesothorax with a slight middle line. Abdomen broader than the thorax. Legs piceous. Wings whitish; veins and stigma testaceous; the former in structure like those of Tapinoma erraticaHNS. Length of the body 4 lines; of the wings 6 lines.
Taxon Treatment
- Walker, F.; 1859: Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects., Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 372-373. doi
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