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Formicidae
Formica Linnaeus, 1758
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Genus Formica Linnaeus HNS
In California the members of this genus are most prevalent in montane habitats, although a few species occur in drier, low elevation sites. Formica HNS species are ground-nesting ants with generalist foraging habits. Francoeur’s (1973) authoritative revision of the Formica fusca-group HNS allows the species in that group to be relatively easily identified. Taxonomic difficulties still plague the Formica rufa-group HNS , which contains most of the remaining species in California.
Species identification: keys in Francoeur (1973), Wheeler and Wheeler (1986g), Snelling and Buren (1985) and Mackay and Mackay (2002). Additional references: Agosti (1994b), Agosti and Bolton (1990b), Buren (1968a), Cole (1956d, 1956f, 1956g), Creighton(1940a, 1950a), Dlussky (1967), Francoeur and Snelling (1979), Gösswald (1989, 1990), Savolainen (1998), Smith (1979), Trager et al. (2005), Wilson and Brown (1955).
- Ward, P. S. (2005): A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936, 1-68: 29-29, URL:http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21008/21008.pdf
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71. Formica HNS Bacchus. B.M.
Worker. Length 4 1/2 lines.-Black: the flagellum, thorax, legs and scale of the peduncle rufo-testaceous; the tibiae and basal joint of the tarsi more or less dusky; head large and cordate; eyes ovate, placed above the middle at the sides of the head; the head opake; the clypeus subcarinate in the middle and shining, as well as the mandibles, the latter armed with six stout teeth; the extreme base of the scape pale testaceous. Thorax much narrower than the head, rounded anteriorly and compressed behind. Abdomen: the scale incrassate, narrowed to a thin edge at its upper margin, which is rounded; the scale is narrow, rounded in front and straight behind; the abdomen oblong-ovate; the head, thorax and abdomen have a few scattered, long, erect pale hairs.
Hab. Ceylon.
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- Ward, P. S. (2005): A synoptic review of the ants of California (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Zootaxa 936, 1-68: null, URL:http://antbase.org/ants/publications/21008/21008.pdf
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| Rights holder/Author | No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation. |
| Source | http://treatment.plazi.org/id/3F2DA4BEDF3F78B21375130878CE6186 |
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In the F microgyna subgroup, within the F rufa-group .
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