Formica fusca alpicola

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Formica fusca alpicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. fusca
Subspecies: F. fusca alpicola
Trinomial name
Formica fusca alpicola
Gredler, 1858

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Austria (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.
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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

  • alpicola. Formica fusca var. alpicola Gredler, 1858: 10 (w.) AUSTRIA.

Description

References

  • Bolton, B. 1995b. A new general catalogue of the ants of the world. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 504 pp. (page 191, catalogue)
  • Gredler, M. V. 1858. Die Ameisen von Tirol. Achtes Programm des Gymnasiums in Bozen. Bozen: Ebersche Buchdruckerei, 34 pp. (page 10, worker described)