Formica rufa Linn

• Main Author: Nylander, W.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 1846
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Formicidae; Formica; Formica rufa; Saltern; Lapponia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6298224; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/19D065F6FF0D9B8F457867982C36F857

5. F. rufa Linn. Fn. Suec. 1721 [[male]] [[queen]]. Latr. Fourm. 143, pl. V, fig. 28. [[worker]] [[queen]] [[male]]. Fabr. Piez. 398, 11. Lepelet. S: t Farg. Hym. 201, 3. Dahlb. mscrpt, et Skand. Ins. 277, 185 commixta cum F. cunicularia?). F. obsoleta Zett. Ins. Lapp. 449, 5. [[queen]] [[worker]] (teste Dahlb.) F. dorsata Panz. Fn. fasc. 54, f. 1. [[queen]]. F. lugubris Zett. 1. c. 449, 6. [[male]]. Operaria: testaceo vel rufo-ferruginea nuda, levissime cinereo micans, fronte cum occipite et abdomine castaneo-fuscis; clypei pronotique mediis, palpis, an tennis et pedibus nonnihil fuscescentibus; abdominis basi et ano ruio-maculalis; squama sursum rolundatim latiori vel subiriangulariter rotundata. Femina: ferrugiueo-rufa nuda; fronte cum occipite, thorace supra (praeter metanotum) el abdomine polito (praeter basin, ventrem et anum) castaneo-nigris; clypei medio, palpis, antennarum flagellis, mesosterno saltern ad partem et tibiis tarsisque fuscescentibus; squama lata subtriangulariter fere rotundata margine supero inaequali; alis albescenti hyalinis a basi ad medium parum infuscatis, nervis fusco cinereis, stigmate fusco. Mas: fusco-niger, parum cinereo nitens, sparse pubescens, pedibus et gcnitalibus plus minus rufescenlibus; oculis parce tenuiter pilosulis; squama subquadrata humili crassa, supra vix vel parurn concaviuscula; valvula veutrali pilosula saepe rufescente. In nostris terris usque in Lapponia vulgaris silvarum pinearura incola. Acervos cumulatos magnos supra nidum congerit. Infestata ferocissime se defendit. Examinat in Fennia praesertim inter d. 10 - 20 m. Junii. Fennis audit haec et affines Kusiainen, Wiholainen, Suecis Stackmyra & cet. [[worker]]. Long, circa 2 1 / 2 lin. coloribus ut in diagnosi. Caput infra linea media longitudinali tenui impressa, fundo nigrescente; palpis fere ut in F, herculeana formatis fuscis, mandibulis subocto-denticulatis, clypeo convexiusculo in medio leviter carinato, atrinque ad basin mandibularum foveola impressa, margine infero integro; lamina frontali ...