Formica meritans (Walker, F. 1859)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Formica
Name
Formica meritans Walker, F., 1859 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Formica meritans Walker, F., 1859, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4: 371-371.
Description
Mas. Nigra, elongata, nitens, pubescens capite impresso, ore fulvo, antennis piceis filiformibus corpore paullo brevioribus, metathorace elongato transverse impresso, Seg-mentorum abdominalium marginibus posticis rufis, pedibus piceis longiusculis, alis nigro-fuscis, venis stigmateque nigris. Male. Black, elongate, shining, pubescent. Head with an impression between the ocelli and the base of the antennae. Mouth tawny. Antennae piceous, filiform, a little shorter than the body. Metathorax elongate, slightly impressed across the middle. Peduncle of the abdomen conical. Hind borders of the abdominal segments red. Legs piceous, rather long. Wings blackish brown; veins and stigma black, the former like those of F. exercitaHNS in structure. Length of the body 5 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: 371-371. doi
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