Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Atta antarctica

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Description

21. Atta antarctica. B.M.

Formica antarctica, White, Zool. Erebus & Terror, pt. 2. Female. Length 3 1/2 lines,-Ferruginous: head narrower than the thorax; the antennae dark fusco-ferruginous, with the basal joints of the flagellum and the apex of the scape ferruginous. Thorax: a black stripe on each side of the disk of the mesothorax, and an abbreviated central one in front; the sutures of the scutellum, post-scutellum, and a patch on each side of the pectus, black; the legs more or less nigro-piceous, with the articulations and the tarsi pale. The abdomen with a black fascia on the apical margins of all the segments.

Hab. New Zealand.

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 167

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Biodiversity

Family
Formicidae
Genus
Atta
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Hymenoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Species
antarctica
Taxon rank
species