Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Formica diligens

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74. Formica diligens,

Female. Length 9 lines.-Dark rufo-piceous; the antennae, mandibles, thorax at the sides and beneath, the metathorax and legs ferruginous. In form closely resembling Formica ligniperda; the head shining; the antennae, the anterior margin of the face and clypeus, and the mandibles ferruginous. The wings subhyaline, the nervures and tegulae pale ferruginous. Abdomen shining, pale ferruginous beneath; the scale of the peduncle subquadrate, slightly emarginate its entire width above.

Hab. Malacca. (Coll. W. W. Saunders, Esq.)

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 22

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Biodiversity

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