Formica congerens

Smith, F., 1858, Catalogue of the hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part VI. Formicidae., London: British Museum : 3

2. Formica congerens . B.M.

Formica congerens , Nyl. Adno. Mon. Form. 906. 7; Addit. Alter.

Mon. Form. 30; Form. Fr. et d'Alger. 61. 15.

Foerst. Hym. Stud. Form. 17. 5.

Schenck, Beschr. Nass. Ameis. 30.

Mayr. Form. Austr. 60. 10; Ungar. Ameis. 10. 10.

Hab. Britain; France; Germany; Hungary; Switzerland; Italy; Finland.

This species, which closely resembles the wood-ant, F. rufa , has been found in Scotland; it is readily distinguished by its being much more pubescent than F. rufa . It constructs similar nests to the wood-ant, and in its nests are found not only a species of Myrmica , but several interesting species of Staphylinidae; and Dr. Nylander discovered in the nests of this species the Tinea ochracella, in Finland.