Formica incerta

Identification
A member of the Formica pallidefulva group.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Nearctic Region: United States.

Nest Associates
Microdon ocellaris is a primitive syrphid fly that as a larva is a specific predator on ant brood of Formica incerta.

Nomenclature

 *  incerta. Formica (Neoformica) pallidefulva subsp. incerta Buren, 1944a: 309 (w.q.m.) U.S.A. [First available use of Formica pallidefulva subsp. schaufussi var. incerta Emery, 1893i: 655; unavailable name.] Junior synonym of nitidiventris: Creighton, 1950a: 551. Revived from synonymy and raised to species: Trager, MacGown & Trager, 2007: 621.