Formica lemani is an ant species that is similar to Formica fusca.[1] The species was not formally distinguished as being different from Formica fusca until 1917,[2] and was not clearly described until 1954.[3]

Formica lemani
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Genus: Formica
Species:
F. lemani
Binomial name
Formica lemani
Bondroit, 1917

This species of ant is found throughout most of Europe, and parts of Asia.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
  2. ^ Bondoit, J. (1917). "Diagnoses de trois nouveaux Formica d'Europe (Hym.)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Nouvelle Série. 22 (11): 186. Bibcode:1917AnSEF..22..186B. doi:10.3406/bsef.1917.26100. S2CID 243977139.
  3. ^ The British ants allied to Formica fusca L.