Formicoxenus

Genus Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855 Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855:413. Type-species: Myrmica nitidula Nylander, 1846. Worker and queen. Small, shining, narrow bodied ants. Antennae 11 segmented; palp formula 4:3. Postpetiole with peg-like ventral process directed forward. Males. Apterous, ergatoid without wing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Collingwood, C. A.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 1979
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Formicidae
Formicoxenus
Myrmica
Myrmica nitidula
Fennoscandia
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283806
https://zenodo.org/record/6283806
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Summary:Genus Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855 Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855:413. Type-species: Myrmica nitidula Nylander, 1846. Worker and queen. Small, shining, narrow bodied ants. Antennae 11 segmented; palp formula 4:3. Postpetiole with peg-like ventral process directed forward. Males. Apterous, ergatoid without wing sclerites. Antennae 12 segmented. Postpetiole as in female castes. This is a palaearctic genus with 2 species only; a similar species Leptothorax diversipilosus M. Smith, occurs in North America. : Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on page 77

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