Crematogaster scutellaris

Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1791) Figs. 88,89. Formica scutellaris Olivier, 1791:497. Worker. Head shining yellowish red contrasting with the brown alitrunk and dark gaster. Antennae 11 segmented. Length: 3.5-5.0 mm. Queen. As worker, much larger. Length: 8.0-9.5 mm. Male. Dark brown; antenn...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collingwood, C. A.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 1979
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Crematogaster
Crematogaster scutellaris
Fennoscandia
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283782
https://zenodo.org/record/6283782
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Summary:Crematogaster scutellaris (Olivier, 1791) Figs. 88,89. Formica scutellaris Olivier, 1791:497. Worker. Head shining yellowish red contrasting with the brown alitrunk and dark gaster. Antennae 11 segmented. Length: 3.5-5.0 mm. Queen. As worker, much larger. Length: 8.0-9.5 mm. Male. Dark brown; antennae 12 segmented with very short scape. Mandibles reduced with three teeth. Length: 4.0-5.0 mm. Biology. This arboricolous species is frequently introduced with cork from South Europe or North Africa and has on occasion established itself temporarily in and around warehouses and cork factories in England. : Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on page 66

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