Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Formica is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. [3] The type species of genus Formica is the European red wood ant Formica rufa . [ 1 ] Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long. [ 4 ]
Alloformica Dlussky, 1969 †Asymphylomyrmex Wheeler, 1915 Bajcaridris Agosti, 1994; Cataglyphis Foerster, 1850 †Cataglyphoides Dlussky, 2008 †Conoformica Dlussky, 2008 Formica Linnaeus, 1758
Formica polyctena is a species of European red wood ant in the genus Formica and large family Formicidae.The species was first described by Arnold Förster in 1850. The latin species name polyctena is from Greek and literally means 'many cattle', referring to the species' habit of farming aphids for honeydew food. [2]
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
This page was last edited on 21 June 2024, at 10:41 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...
In order to separate them from closely related species, specimens needs to be inspected under magnification, where difference in hairiness are among the telling characteristics, with Formica rufa being hairier than per example Formica polyctena but less hairy than Formica lugubris. [2] Workers are polymorphic, measuring 4.5–9 mm in length. [7]
Crossword-like puzzles, for example Double Diamond Puzzles, appeared in the magazine St. Nicholas, published since 1873. [32] Another crossword puzzle appeared on September 14, 1890, in the Italian magazine Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica. It was designed by Giuseppe Airoldi and titled "Per passare il tempo" ("To pass the time"). Airoldi's ...
In a puzzle, the solver is expected to put pieces together (or take them apart) in a logical way, in order to find the solution of the puzzle. There are different genres of puzzles, such as crossword puzzles, word-search puzzles, number puzzles, relational puzzles, and logic puzzles. The academic study of puzzles is called enigmatology.