Formica suecica Adlerz
54. Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902 Figs. 203,209,213,218. Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902: 263. Worker. Alitrunk and head reddish, ocellar region often indistinctly brownish; gaster brown with basal face reddish. Head broad with rounded sides and occipital corners which round gently into shallow posterio...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:6283902 2023-05-15T16:11:50+02:00 Formica suecica Adlerz Collingwood, C. A. 1979-12-31 https://zenodo.org/record/6283902 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283902 unknown info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://treatment.plazi.org/id/1F2DD8AB401A1360AAD128EB76A9F5C0 http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD3B0D337E1DDAA0E4761CC6B14CB110 doi:10.5281/zenodo.6283901 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://zenodo.org/record/6283902 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283902 oai:zenodo.org:6283902 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 133-134 Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hymenoptera Formicidae Formica Formica suecica info:eu-repo/semantics/other publication-taxonomictreatment 1979 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.628390210.5281/zenodo.6283901 2023-03-10T18:20:53Z 54. Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902 Figs. 203,209,213,218. Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902: 263. Worker. Alitrunk and head reddish, ocellar region often indistinctly brownish; gaster brown with basal face reddish. Head broad with rounded sides and occipital corners which round gently into shallow posterior emargination. Scale with rounded dorso-lateral angles and flat central emargination. Palpi six segmented, short not extending beyond front eye margin. Scattered hairs on clypeus, frons and dorsum of all gaster tergites. Eyes without hairs. Length: 4.5-6.5 mm. Queen. Brownish black with only propodeum paler reddish brown. Head broad with sides and occipital angles broadly rounded. Scale with distinct dorso-lateral lobes. Eyes bare. Length: 5.5-6.3 mm. Male. Dark brown, legs and genitalia pale brown. Head broadly rounded, scarcely emarginate posteriorly; dorsal surfaces with scattered erect hairs; eyes bare. Maxillary palps moderately long, 6 segmented. Length: 6.0-7.0 mm. Distribution. Not in Denmark. - Sweden: generally distributed from Sm. north to Lu. Lpm., but not recorded from 01., Gtl. and G. Sand. - Norway: HE, VE, R and SF. - Finland: Ab, N, Om, ObS and ObN. - Range: Fennoscandia and Esthonia only. Biology. This is a truly endemic Fennoscandian species, not recorded east of longitude 30° or south of latitude 56°. Nests are in open sites in tree stumps with scattered leaf litter but not piled up into a dome. This species may be confused with the redder examples of F. exsecta but is easily distinguished by the broadly rounded head and bare eyes. Males and queens occur in July and the small queens start fresh colonies by adoption by either F. fusca or less commonly F. transkaucasica. The habits of F. suecica have been studied by Adlerz (1902) on the offshore island of Alno in Central Sweden where many nests were found, by Holgersen (1943) in Norway and by Forsslund (1947). Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica ... Other/Unknown Material Fennoscandia Fennoscandian Zenodo Norway |
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54. Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902 Figs. 203,209,213,218. Formica suecica Adlerz, 1902: 263. Worker. Alitrunk and head reddish, ocellar region often indistinctly brownish; gaster brown with basal face reddish. Head broad with rounded sides and occipital corners which round gently into shallow posterior emargination. Scale with rounded dorso-lateral angles and flat central emargination. Palpi six segmented, short not extending beyond front eye margin. Scattered hairs on clypeus, frons and dorsum of all gaster tergites. Eyes without hairs. Length: 4.5-6.5 mm. Queen. Brownish black with only propodeum paler reddish brown. Head broad with sides and occipital angles broadly rounded. Scale with distinct dorso-lateral lobes. Eyes bare. Length: 5.5-6.3 mm. Male. Dark brown, legs and genitalia pale brown. Head broadly rounded, scarcely emarginate posteriorly; dorsal surfaces with scattered erect hairs; eyes bare. Maxillary palps moderately long, 6 segmented. Length: 6.0-7.0 mm. Distribution. Not in Denmark. - Sweden: generally distributed from Sm. north to Lu. Lpm., but not recorded from 01., Gtl. and G. Sand. - Norway: HE, VE, R and SF. - Finland: Ab, N, Om, ObS and ObN. - Range: Fennoscandia and Esthonia only. Biology. This is a truly endemic Fennoscandian species, not recorded east of longitude 30° or south of latitude 56°. Nests are in open sites in tree stumps with scattered leaf litter but not piled up into a dome. This species may be confused with the redder examples of F. exsecta but is easily distinguished by the broadly rounded head and bare eyes. Males and queens occur in July and the small queens start fresh colonies by adoption by either F. fusca or less commonly F. transkaucasica. The habits of F. suecica have been studied by Adlerz (1902) on the offshore island of Alno in Central Sweden where many nests were found, by Holgersen (1943) in Norway and by Forsslund (1947). Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica ... |
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