Formica gravelyi

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: India.

Nomenclature

 *  gravelyi. Formica gravelyi Mukerjee, 1930: 162, fig. 6 (w.) INDIA.

Description
Worker

Head a little longer than broad, somewhat convex above, slightly emarginate behind; eyes placed at about the middle of the sides of the head, ocelli, present; clypeus triangular, convex in the middle and its anterior margin transverse; antennal carinae short and parallel: antennal and clypeal hollows confluent; antennae 12-jointed, first and second joints subequal, and larger than the rest, the scapes slightly sinuately curved and extending just beyond the top of the head, flagella longer than the scapes: maxillary palpi 6-jointed, the 4th joint a little longer than the 5th; labial palpi with four joints; mandibles triangular, masticatory margin serrated, apical teeth very small. Pronotum broad and flat above, a little narrower than the head, anteriorly produced into a short flat neck. Pro-mesonotal suture distinct. Mesonotum convex and a little raised above the rest of the thorax and circular in outline; scuteller region distinct but depressed; thorax emarginate at the meso-metanotal suture: basal portion of metanotum slightly convex, apical portion slightly concave in the middle. Node flattened and inclined forwards Abdomen sub-globose,

Head faintly punctate, neck minutely transversely striated, body smooth and glabrous. Thorax, antennae yellowish brown, head a shade darker. Abdomen dark brown and covered with silky pubescence; sparse erect hairs on the body, pilosity abundant on flagella.

Length: 4 mm

References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics

 * Bhoje P. M., K. Shilpa, and T. V. Sathe. 2014. Diversity of ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Kolhapur district of Maharashtra, India. Uttar Pradesh J. Zool. 34(1): 23-25.