Published December 31, 1858 | Version v1
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Formica blanda

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Description

145. Formica blanda. B.M.

Worker. Length 2- 2 1/2 lines.-The head anteriorly, the antennae, thorax, legs, scale of the peduncle and base of the abdomen ferruginous, and thinly covered with a changeable silvery pile; the disk of the thorax and the head with a few scattered long pale hairs; the head wider than the thorax, the latter compressed posteriorly. Abdomen black, densely covered with pale golden pubescence, and sprinkled with long pale hairs; the scale of the peduncle incrassate, forming a small obtuse node.

Hab. Brazil (Santarem). (Coll. H. W. Bates.)

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 43

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Biodiversity

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