Formica rufa rufopratensoides

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Formica rufa rufopratensoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. rufa
Subspecies: F. rufa rufopratensoides
Trinomial name
Formica rufa rufopratensoides
Forel, 1874

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Switzerland (type locality).

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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.

  • rufopratensoides. Formica rufa var. rufopratensoides Forel, 1874: 368 (w.) SWITZERLAND.

Description

References

  • Forel, A. 1874. Les fourmis de la Suisse. Systématique, notices anatomiques et physiologiques, architecture, distribution géographique, nouvelles expériences et observations de moeurs. Neue Denkschr. Allg. Schweiz. Ges. Gesammten Naturwiss. 26: 1-452 (page 368, worker described)