Formica cunicularia
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Formica cunicularia is a species of ant found all over Europe.[1] They are especially common in western Europe and southern England, but they can be found from southern Scandinavia to northern Africa and from Portugal to the Urals.[1] In England, Donisthorpe records the species as having occurred as far north as Bewdley in Worcestershire.[2] In Formica cunicularia, the worker is an ashy grey black color and is usually 4.0–6.5 mm long.[1] The males are found to have a uniformly dark body and are 8.0–9.0 mm long.[1] The queen is yellowish red to dark black and is 7.5–9.0 mm.[1]
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Formica cunicularia | |
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Formica cunicularia worker | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Formicinae |
Genus: | Formica |
Species: | F. cunicularia |
Binomial name | |
Formica cunicularia Latreille, 1798 | |
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