Formica gravelyi

Formica gravelyi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Formicini
Genus:	Formica
Species:	F. gravelyi
Binomial name
Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Oriental Region: India (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Nomenclature

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

• gravelyi. Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930: 162, fig. 6 (w.) INDIA.

Description

Worker

Head a little longer than broad, somewhat convex above, slightly emarginate behind; eyes placed at about the middle of the sides of the head, ocelli, present; clypeus triangular, convex in the middle and its anterior margin transverse; antennal carinae short and parallel: antennal and clypeal hollows confluent; antennae 12-jointed, first and second joints subequal, and larger than the rest, the scapes slightly sinuately curved and extending just beyond the top of the head, flagella longer than the scapes: maxillary palpi 6-jointed, the 4th joint a little longer than the 5th; labial palpi with four joints; mandibles triangular, masticatory margin serrated, apical teeth very small. Pronotum broad and flat above, a little narrower than the head, anteriorly produced into a short flat neck. Pro-mesonotal suture distinct. Mesonotum convex and a little raised above the rest of the thorax and circular in outline; scuteller region distinct but depressed; thorax emarginate at the meso-metanotal suture: basal portion of metanotum slightly convex, apical portion slightly concave in the middle. Node flattened and inclined forwards Abdomen sub-globose,

Head faintly punctate, neck minutely transversely striated, body smooth and glabrous. Thorax, antennae yellowish brown, head a shade darker. Abdomen dark brown and covered with silky pubescence; sparse erect hairs on the body, pilosity abundant on flagella.

Length: 4 mm

References

• Borowiec, M.L., Cover, S.P., Rabeling, C. 2021. The evolution of social parasitism in Formica ants revealed by a global phylogeny. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, e2026029118 (doi:10.1073/pnas.2026029118).
• Mukerjee, D. 1930. Report on a collection of ants in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 34: 149-163 (page 162, fig. 6 worker described)

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

• Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.