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[[Formica cinerea group|''Formica cinerea'' group]] - definition of group, member species, etc. [[Key to Formica cinerea group|Key to ''Formica cinerea'' group]]

...hauxwelli and the taxonomical complex situation of the Camponotus sericeus-group are critically discussed. The zoogeographic distribution of Polyrhachis (My ...österreich) mit einer funktionellen Deutung des Beissverhatens der Formica exsecta-Gruppe. Myrmecologische Nachrichten 2:19-34.

|image = Formica exsecta casent0173161 head 1.jpg |type_species =''[[Formica exsecta]]''

...cute occipital corners of ''fennica'' are no reliable discriminator from ''exsecta'' because of big intraspecific variability of head shape in ''Coptoformica' ...CL/CW 0.853 ± 0.017. Separation from pilosity-reduced males of ''[[Formica exsecta]]'' difficult.

...nov (2015) of [[Formica_exsecta#Nesting_Biology|nest building in ''Formica exsecta'']] provides a detailed examination of how that species forms and maintains ...ment as a secondary complex. In fact, the spatially isolated complex (or a group of nest complexes of the same species) is the local population, or metacomp

...sed pubescence. This species would be considered a member of the microgyna group if the posterior border was not concave. (Mackay and Mackay 2002) [[Category: exsecta group]]

...nests are large-sized mounds that can exceed 1 m in diameter (''exsecta'' group) <span style="background:#F5F5F5">[[#2|'''. . . . . 2''']]</span> ...ead and mesosoma reddish-orange, gaster dark); slave-makers (''sanguinea'' group) <span style="background:#F5F5F5">[[#4|'''. . . . . 4''']]</span>

...homogeneous reddish, or eye hairs may be reduced. However, among > 1000 ''exsecta'' workers seen, not a single specimen showed a character combination induci ...collected and the insufficient knowledge of its character differences to ''exsecta'' could have led to under recording. ''F. suecica'' has been considered as

...|Agosti, D. & Hauschteck-Jungen, E. 1988. Polymorphism of males in Formica exsecta Nyl. Insectes Sociaux 34 (1987): 280-290.]] ...D. 1994. Patterns of biogeographic distribution within the bicolor species group of the North African desert ant, Cataglyphis Foerster 1850 (Insecta: Hymeno

A member of the ''Formica exsecta'' group. Large, bicolored (red head and mesosoma, black gaster) ants with a dull su |foraging_behaviour=<!--mass recruiter; group hunter; solitary forager; fungus grower; army ant; homopteran tender; tande

...nt. The best difference to the long-headed, continental ''manchu-fennica'' group is the more dense frontal and tergite pubescence and the sigificantly short ...bably two (severely threatened). The causes of decline are similar as in ''exsecta''.

*''[[Formica exsecta rufomaculata]]'' Ruzsky, 1895 ...oil particles and tiny pebbles. The mounds are smaller than in ''[[Formica exsecta]]'' and their diameter is normally < 40 cm. An exceptionally large polygyno

...icial taxonomic designation and are poorly delineated. In some cases older group names have been replaced by newer names, and new arrangements of species, b |name1=Formica sanguinea group, tending aphids, Grafton, Massachusetts (Tom Murray).JPG

''Formica foreli'' is one of the most endangered species of the group. In Switzerland it is threatened by extinction. In Germany it has the same ...normal ''Coptoformica'' type. The mounds do not reach the size known for ''exsecta'' and their diameter is usually < 50 cm. The diameter of the subteranean pa

|name = ''Formica exsecta'' |image = Formica exsecta casent0173161 head 1.jpg

A member of the ''Formica exsecta'' group.

...ld resistant species including ''[[Camponotus herculeanus]]'', ''[[Formica exsecta]]'', ''[[Formica gagatoides]]'', ''[[Formica lugubris]]'', ''[[Formica manc ...r pines. Although this species has superficial similarities to ''F. rufa'' group species it is morphologically well differentiated with its broad black head

...e types of “subspecies mandarin” were collected with the ''F. rufibarbis''-group species ''[[Formica glabridorsis]]''. ''Polyergus samurai'' is relatively w

...his studies of the life cycle of members of the ''[[Formica microgyna]]'' group, especially ''[[Formica difficilis]]''. It has since been discovered in a d ...ive, as, for example, the representatives of the ''[[Formica sanguinea]]'' group, are also relatively abundant and widespread. On the other hand, extreme d

...very rare. This is one of the least aggressive species of the ''F. rufa'' group. Long compact trails radiate from each nest to other nests or to aphid bear ...id colonies, i.e, individual ants tend to return to the same location, and group of aphids, every time they leave the nest. ''F. aquilonia'''s [[Honeydew Ga