Formica rufa angusticeps

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Formica rufa angusticeps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. rufa
Subspecies: F. rufa angusticeps
Trinomial name
Formica rufa angusticeps
Stärcke, 1947

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Netherlands (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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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.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • angusticeps. Formica rufa var. angusticeps Stärcke, 1947: 146 (w.) NETHERLANDS.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 191, catalogue)
  • Stärcke, A. 1947. Die boreale vorm van de roode boschmier (Formica rufa rufa Nyl.) op de Hooge Veluwe. Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 12: 144-146 (page 146, worker described)