Formica polyctena FOERSTER, 1850

Seifert, Bernhard, 2021, A taxonomic revision of the Palaearctic members of the Formica rufa group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) - the famous mound-building red wood ants, Myrmecological News 31, pp. 133-179 : 155

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.25849/myrmecol.news_031:133
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5587861
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scientific name	Formica polyctena FOERSTER, 1850
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Formica polyctena FOERSTER, 1850 View in CoL

Formica polyctena FOERSTER, 1850 View in CoL [description, zoogeography]

This ant was described from Stolberg near Aachen / Germany where it formed a polydomous colony. FOERSTER (1850)’s description of setae condition and surface structures in the worker and gyne allows a clear differentiation from any Formica rufa group species present in this region.