Formica fuscicauda

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Formica fuscicauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. fuscicauda
Binomial name
Formica fuscicauda
Motschoulsky, 1863

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

Sri Lanka (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.

  • fuscicauda. Formica fuscicauda Motschoulsky, 1863: 12 (w.) SRI LANKA. Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 195.

Description

References

  • Motschoulsky, V. de. 1863. Essai d'un catalogue des insectes de l'île Ceylan (suite). Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 36(3 3: 1-153 (page 12, worker described)