Formica elevata

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Formica elevata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Formicini
Genus: Formica
Species: F. elevata
Binomial name
Formica elevata
Fabricius, 1782

The identity and distribution of this taxon are uncertain.

Identification

Distribution

Distribution based on type material

"East Indies" (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

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Biology

Castes

Nomenclature

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

  • elevata. Formica elevata Fabricius, 1782: 492 (w.) "East Indies". Unidentifiable to genus; incertae sedis in Formica: Bolton, 1995b: 194.

Description

References

  • Fabricius, J. C. 1782 [1781]. Species insectorum exhibentes eorum differentias specificas, synonyma, auctorum loca natalia, metamorphosin adiectis observationibus, descriptionibus. Tome I. Hamburgi et Kilonii [= Hamburg and Kiel]: C. E. Bohn, 552 pp. (page 492, worker described)