Myrmica consternens (Walker, F. 1859)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Myrmica
Name
Myrmica consternens Walker, F., 1859 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Myrmica consternens Walker, F., 1859, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 374-374.
Description
Male. Testaceous, slender, shining. Head small, vertex black. Antennae filiform, paler than the body, not longer than the thorax. Peduncle with two small nodes. Abdomen nearly fusiform, a little longer than the thorax. Legs short, slender. Wings whitish; veins and stigma testaceous, the former in structure much like those of Polyrhachis militarisHNS. Length of the body 2 1 / 2 lines; of the wings 5 lines. Worker? Black. Head large, elongate. Antennae short, testaceous, subclavate. Thorax testaceous, compressed, narrower than the head, attenuated and partly black hindward. Abdomen short-oval, broader than the head. Legs testaceous; femora mostly piceous. Length of the body 3 / 4 line.
Taxon Treatment
- Walker, F.; 1859: Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon insects., Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 374-374. doi
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