Formica connecticutensis

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Formica connecticutensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. connecticutensis
Binomial name
Formica connecticutensis
Buckley, 1866

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

United States (type locality).

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • connecticutensis. Formica connecticutensis Buckley, 1866: 154 (w.q.) U.S.A. Unidentifiable but possibly a Formica; see Wheeler, W.M. 1902f: 19. Unidentifiable taxon; incertae sedis in Formicinae: Smith, D.R. 1979: 1467; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 193.

Description

References

  • Buckley, S. B. 1866. Descriptions of new species of North American Formicidae. Proc. Entomol. Soc. Phila. 6: 152-172 (page 154, worker, queen described)
  • Wheeler, W. M. 1902g. A consideration of S. B. Buckley's "North American Formicidae.". Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci. 4: 17-31 (page 19, Unidentifiable but possibly a Formica)