Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Formica pallida

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Description

89. Formica pallida. B.M.

Worker. Length 2 1/2 - 3 lines.-Pale rufo-testaceous, smooth, shining and slightly pilose; the head much wider than the thorax, the vertex widely and deeply emarginate; mandibles dark rufopiceous; the flagellum and legs paler than the rest of the body; the thorax compressed behind; the scale narrow, elongate-ovate; abdomen subglobose and thinly sprinkled with long pale hairs; the head and thorax also slightly pubescent.

Hab. Borneo (Sarawak).

This species varies in the colouring of different individuals: some examples have the head as well as the abdomen of a deeper hue.

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 26

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Biodiversity

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