Formica minuta

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Formica minuta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. minuta
Binomial name
Formica minuta
Lowne, 1865

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

Australia (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.

  • minuta. Formica minuta Lowne, 1865b: 331 (w.) AUSTRALIA. Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 198.

Type Material

Description

References

  • Lowne, B. T. 1865b. Contributions to the natural history of Australian ants. Entomologist 2: 331-336 (page 331, worker described)