Taxonomic history
Combination in Formica (Coptoformica): Müller, 1923b PDF: 146.Subspecies of Formica exsecta: Forel, 1874 PDF: 51; Emery & Forel, 1879 PDF: 450; Ruzsky, 1904b: 5; Emery, 1909b PDF: 191; Wheeler, 1913i PDF: 491; Forel, 1915d: 59; Emery, 1916a PDF: 257; Ruzsky, 1925b PDF: 43; Emery, 1925d PDF: 257; Karavaiev, 1929d PDF: 217; Karavaiev, 1936: 255; Stitz, 1939: 312.Status as species: André, 1882c PDF: 179; Ruzsky, 1895: 12; Bondroit, 1912 PDF: 352; Bondroit, 1918 PDF: 64; Kutter, 1957 PDF: 11; Bernard, 1967a PDF: 324; Dlussky, 1964 PDF: 1032; Dlussky, 1967a PDF: 103; Dlussky & Pisarski, 1971 PDF: 201; Kutter, 1977c: 285; Collingwood, 1979 PDF: 132; Atanassov & Dlussky, 1992: 285; Seifert, 2000a PDF: 541.Senior synonym of Formica rufomaculata: Seifert, 2000a PDF: 541.See also: Radchenko, 2007 PDF: 36.Records
(Map 68): Bulgaria ( Atanassov and Dlusskij 1992 ); Western Stara Planina Mts: Petrohan-Kom ( Atanassov 1936 ); Vitosha Mt. ( Atanassov 1952 ); Rila Mt.: Kostenets ( Atanassov 1936 ); Rhodopi Mts ( Gateva 1975 ).
Formica pressilabris , Nyl. Adno. Mon. Form. Bor. 911.10; Form. Fr. et d'Alger. 63.
Mayr. Form. Austr. 67.13; Ungar. Ameis. 10.13.
Hab. Scandinavia; Austria; Hungary; Finland.
Operaria: ferrugineo-rufa parum nitida, abdomine castaneoatro; palpis, antennarum flagellis et vertice brunneo-fuscescentibus, segmento anali rufo; palpis brevibus; clypeo ante marginem inferiorem transversim depresso; occipite emarginato; squama cordata, leviter emarginata.
Femina: nigra nitidissima; ore, collari, metanoti apice, petiolo, trochanteribus et summo ano pallescentibus; palpis brevibus; clypeo ante marginem inferum trausversim depresso; occipite emarginata; squama cordata, emarginata; alis hyalinis, nervis et stigmate fuscescentibus.
Mas: niger nitidus, metatarsis posticis et genitalibus pallescentibus; palpis brevibus; occipite obsolete concaviusculo; squama crassa subquadrata sursum rotundata, margine supero leviter emarginato.
Hanc speciem hucusque in Fennia australi et in Karelia sat frequenter observavi, sed verisimiliter longius adbuc versus septentrionem procedit. Nidificat in lucis et pratis, acervum parvum, saepissime supra depressum, e frustulis culmorum gramineorum aut e foliis vacciuiorum libenter conficiens. Mares et feminae eodem fere aestatis tempore ac F. exsectae obveniunt (praesertim intra d. 15 - 25 Julii), feminae vero sat rarae.
[[ worker ]]. Long. 1 3 / 4 - 2 1 / 4 lin. Simillima [[ worker ]] speciei prascedentis, sed vere distincta: palpis duplo brevioribus et aliter formalis, clypeo infra ad marginem depresso, vertice forte convexiori, pedibus nudis, squama parum sinuatim emarginata. Palpi maxillares proportione longitudinis articulorum (a minorem ad majorem) ut 5, 4, 6, 1, 3, 2; articulo quinto valde parvo, subannulari (in praecedentibus sunt 4, 5, 6 aeque longi cylindrici). Palpi labiales articulis 2 et 3 aequalibus suborbiculatis, 1 obconico, 4 oblongo longitudine 2 et 3 simul sumtorum. Segmentum anale rufum; segmentis vertralibus ad margines obsoletissime et basi abdominis ad insertionem petioli rufescentibus.
[[ queen ]]. Long. 2 1 / 4 lin. notis jam allatis mox dignoscenda. Nitidissima nigra, thorace capiteque parum castaneis, subtilissime adpresse sparsim flavido-pubescens, mandibulis clypeoque ad angulum mandibularem utrinque et ano rufis; collari et prothorace interdum antice ad partem, metanoti apice, petiolo (praeter squamam) et trochanteralis dilutius aut obscurius pallidis, pedibus brunnescentibus, tarsis fere dilutioribus. Structura palporum et clypei ut in [[ worker ]]. Squama quasi in praecedente, sed adhuc compressior et supra latius emarginata. Cetera ut in diagnosi. Alas anticae long, fere 2 1 / 3 lin.
[[ male ]]. Long. 2 1 / 2 lin. Niger parum nitidus; pleuris, metathorace et ventre nitidioribus; metatarsis posticis saltern basi et genitalibus ad partem pallidis. Palpi sicut in [[ worker ]] Oculi nudi. Pedes nudi (nec ut in priori pubescentes). Alae ut in [[ queen ]] hyalines obsoletissime fuscedine tinctae, nervis et stigmate fuscis; anticae long, fere 2 1 / 2 lin. Genitalia ut in priori; valvula ventralis pilosula.
Formica pressilabris is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae.[1]
It is native to Europe.[1]
Formica pressilabris is a species of ant belonging to the family Formicidae.
It is native to Europe.
