Formica rufolucida
Formica rufolucida | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Tribe: | Formicini |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | F. rufolucida |
Binomial name | |
Formica rufolucida Collingwood, 1962 |
Identification
Distribution
Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists
Oriental Region: Myanmar (type locality).
Distribution based on AntMaps
Distribution based on AntWeb specimens
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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. |
Estimated Abundance
Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species. |
Biology
Castes
Images from AntWeb
Type of Formica rufolucida. Worker. Specimen code casent0235026. Photographer Shannon Hartman, uploaded by California Academy of Sciences. | Owned by NML, Liverpool, UK. |
Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.
- rufolucida. Formica (Neoformica) rufolucida Collingwood, 1962: 227, figs. 10, 11 (w.) MYANMAR. [Generic combination probably incorrect: Bolton, 1995b: 203]
Description
References
- Collingwood, C. A. 1962c. Some ants (Hym. Formicidae) from north-east Asia. Entomol. Tidskr. 83: 215-230 (page 227, figs. 10, 11 worker described)
References based on Global Ant Biodiversity Informatics
- Collingwood C.A. 1970. Formicidae (Hymenopter: Aculeata) of Nepal. Himalaya Khumbu Himal, 3: 371-388.