Crematogaster scutellaris

Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174 : 66

publication ID

6175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283782

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D7710FDE-47B5-F48A-7D22-00E4DBB4D60D

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scientific name

Crematogaster scutellaris
status

 

Crematogaster scutellaris View in CoL   HNS (Olivier, 1791)

Figs. 88,89.

Formica scutellaris Olivier   HNS , 1791:497.

Worker. Head shining yellowish red contrasting with the brown alitrunk and dark gaster. Antennae 11 segmented. Length: 3.5-5.0 mm. Queen. As worker, much larger. Length: 8.0-9.5 mm.

Male. Dark brown; antennae 12 segmented with very short scape. Mandibles reduced with three teeth. Length: 4.0-5.0 mm.

Biology. This arboricolous species is frequently introduced with cork from South Europe or North Africa and has on occasion established itself temporarily in and around warehouses and cork factories in England.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

SubFamily

Myrmicinae

Tribe

Crematogastrini

Genus

Crematogaster

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