Formica frontalis

Formica frontalis, a temporary parasite, is known to enslave.

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Palaearctic Region: Andorra, Iberian Peninsula, Kyrgyzstan, Portugal, Spain.

Nomenclature

 *  frontalis. Formica truncorum var. frontalis Santschi, 1919e: 246 (w.) SPAIN. Tinaut & Martínez-Ibáñez, 1998: 33 (q.m.). Raised to species: Tinaut & Martínez-Ibáñez, 1998: 40.

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

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 * Schmitz, H.. "Formicidae quaedam a cl. A. Stärcke determinatae, quas in Lusitania collegit." Brotéria, Ciências Naturais 19 (1950): 12-16.
 * Tinaut A. 2016. Ants of the Tejeda, Almijara and Alhama Mountains Natural Park (Andalusia, Spain) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Boln. Asoc. esp. Ent., 40 (1-2): 125-159.
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 * Tinaut, A., and M. D. Martínez Ibáñez. "Taxonomy and distribution of Formica dusmeti Emery, 1909 and of F. frontalis Santschi, 1919." Graellsia 54 (1998): 31-41.
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