Formica brunneonitida

Formica brunneonitida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Subgenus:	Coptoformica
Species:	F. brunneonitida
Binomial name
	Formica brunneonitida; Dlussky, 1964

This species is known from open, semidry to fresh dry grassland and with a similar frequency also within grassy and sunny spots of broad-leafed, mixed and coniferous forest. It constructs small mounds of finely cut grass pieces. Occurrence in harsh environments at 4750 m altitude in SW Tibet and near Okhotsk in E Siberia indicates a high frost resistance. It is unknown if the species forms polygynous-polydomous colonies. Alates occur 11 July ± 18 days [26 June – 10 August] n= 6 which is just the same period as in Formica forsslundi (Seifert 2018). Host species for socially parasitic colony foundation is most probably Formica candida which was present in any locality where F. brunneonitida has been found.

At a Glance

• Temporary parasite

Identification

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 59.4° to 45.4°.


North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

Source: Seifert & Schultz, 2021

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Mongolia (type locality), Russian Federation.

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Biology

Flight Period

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Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec

Source: Seifert & Schultz, 2021.

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Castes

Nomenclature

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

brunneonitida. Formica (Coptoformica) brunneonitida Dlussky, 1964: 1034, figs. (w.q.) MONGOLIA.
- Junior synonym of forsslundi: Seifert, 2000a: 552.
- Junior synonym of pisarskii: Seifert & Schultz, 2021: 207.
- See also: Dlussky, 1965a: 23.

Description

References

Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 192, catalogue)
Borowiec, L. 2014. Catalogue of ants of Europe, the Mediterranean Basin and adjacent regions (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 25(1-2): 1-340.
Dlussky, G. M. 1964. The ants of the subgenus Coptoformica of the genus Formica (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) of the USSR. Zool. Zh. 4 43: 1026-1040 (page 1034, figs. worker, queen described)
Dlussky, G. M. 1965a. Ants of the genus Formica L. of Mongolia and northeast Tibet (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Ann. Zool. (Warsaw) 23: 15-43 (page 23, see also)
Dubovikoff, D.A., Yusupov, Z.M. 2017. Family Formicidae - Ants. In Belokobylskij S. A. and A. S. Lelej: Annotated catalogue of the Hymenoptera of Russia. Proceedingss of the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences 6: 197-210.
Seifert, B 2000a. A taxonomic revision of the ant subgenus Coptoformica Mueller, 1923 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zoosystema 22:517-568.(page 552, Junior synonym of forsslundi)
Seifert, B., Schultz, R. 2021. A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic ant subgenus Coptoformica Müller, 1923 (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Beiträge zur Entomologie 71 (2): 177–220 (doi:10.21248/contrib.entomol.71.2.177-220).