About Formica ulkei Emery, 1893
Formica ulkei is a species of ant that belongs to the family Formicidae. Carlo Emery formally described this species in 1893, and gave it its scientific name in honor of Titus Ulke, a mineralogist. While working for a mining company in South Dakota, Titus Ulke collected ant and beetle specimens. He sent the specimens he collected to his father, Henry Ulke. Henry Ulke then passed the collected ant samples to Theodore Pergande, who finally sent the samples to Emery for description.
