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: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1979
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Crematogaster
Crematogaster scutellaris
Fennoscandia
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/6283782
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283782
Description
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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