Formica
| Main Author: | Smith, F. |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
British Museum
, 1858
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/6295954 |
Daftar Isi:
- Genus 1. FORMICA. Formica, pt., Linn. Faun. Suec. 426 (1761); Syst. Nat. i. 962 (1766). Lasius, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. 415 (1804). Cataglyphis, Foerst. Hym. Stud. Form. 485 (1850). Tapinoma, pt., Schenck, Besch. Nass. Ameis. 129 (1852). Monocombus,.Mayr. 110 (1855). The maxillary palpi 6-jointed; the labial palpi 4-jointed. Ocelli 3, placed in a triangle on the vertex*. Males and females winged, constantly so in the former sex, temporarily so in the latter. The superior wings with one marginal and two submarginal cells; one division having also a complete discoidal cell, another in which it is obsolete; the petiole of the abdomen furnished with a single vertical scale. None of the individuals furnished with a sting. The pupae enclosed in silken cocoons. * In a few species these are obliterated, or scarcely discernible, as in the small workers of F. flava and F. nigra, &c.
- Published as part of Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London :British Museum on page 1