Formica cinerea
General description:
Very common and abundant species throughout the Lower Volga region. It is occurring in all more or less humid habitats: grasslands, bush thickets, reeds, agrocenoses, etc. Only biocolour form of this species is known in the region, previously often considered as a separate species (Formica imitans Ruzsky, 1902) or subspecies F. cinerea (Seifert, 2002).
Seifert, B. 2002. A taxonomic revision of the Formica cinerea group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz 74(2):245-272.
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