Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Formica aurocincta

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132. Formica aurocincta. B.M.

Worker. Length 4 1/2 lines.-Head, autennae, thorax, legs and scale, ferruginous; abdomen black, the apical margins of the segments of a semi-transparent golden colour. Head wider than the thorax, subquadrate, the sides nearly parallel, mandibles black, stout, and furnished with five or six acute teeth; the clypeus blackish. Thorax rounded in front, narrowed posteriorly, and with a deep strangulation at the base of the metathorax; legs elongate. Abdomen ovate; the scale of the peduncle quadrate and incrassate, obtuse above.

Hab. Adelaide.

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 39

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Biodiversity

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