Formica herculanea
- Dataset
- Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae.
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Formicidae
- genus
- Formica
- species
- Formica herculanea
discussion
The F. castanea appears to be the highly coloured form of F. herculanea; specimens from the United States are frequently highly coloured, some having the basal segment of the abdomen red; those from Arctic America are usually very dark coloured.
distribution
Hab. North America.
Name
- Synonyms
- Formica castanea , Latr.
- Homonyms
- Formica herculanea
- Formica herculanea