Formica melanophthalma

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Formica melanophthalma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. melanophthalma
Binomial name
Formica melanophthalma
Reich, 1793

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

French Guiana (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.

  • melanophthalma. Formica melanophthalma Reich, 1793: 132 (no sex or caste given) FRENCH GUIANA. Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 198.

Description

References

  • Reich, G. C. 1793. Kurze Beschreibung neuen, oder noch wenig bekkanten Thiere, welche Herr Le Blond der naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Paris aus Cayenne als Geschenk überschikt hat. Mag. Thierreichs 1: 128-134 (page 132, no sex or caste given)