Formica phyllophila

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Formica phyllophila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. phyllophila
Binomial name
Formica phyllophila
Jerdon, 1851

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

India (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.

  • phyllophila. Formica phyllophila Jerdon, 1851: 125 (w.) INDIA. Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 201.

Description

References

  • Jerdon, T. C. 1851. A catalogue of the species of ants found in Southern India. Madras J. Lit. Sci. 17: 103-127 (page 125, worker described)