Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Formica herculanea

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Description

186. Formica herculanea. B.M.

Formica herculanea, Linn. Faun. Suec. 1720.

Formica castanea, Latr. Hist. Nat. Fourm. 118. pl. III. f. 12. A. [[worker]], D.[[queen]],C.[[male]].

St. Farg. Hym. i. 215. 21.

Hab. North America.

The F. castanea appears to be the highly coloured form of F. herculanea; specimens from the United States are frequently highly coloured, some having the basal segment of the abdomen red; those from Arctic America are usually very dark coloured.

Notes

Published as part of Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London :British Museum on page 53

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Formica
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
herculanea
Taxon rank
species