Polyergus

Genus Polyergus Latreille, 1805 Polyergus Latreille, 1805: 256. Type-species: Formica rufescens Latreille, 1798. This genus includes three palaearctic and several nearctic species immediate recognisable from other formicine ants by the long sickle shaped toothless mandible and much reduced thin palp...

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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
Polyergus
Sickle
Fennoscandia
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283926
https://zenodo.org/record/6283926
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Summary:Genus Polyergus Latreille, 1805 Polyergus Latreille, 1805: 256. Type-species: Formica rufescens Latreille, 1798. This genus includes three palaearctic and several nearctic species immediate recognisable from other formicine ants by the long sickle shaped toothless mandible and much reduced thin palps, formula 4: 2. Members of this genus raid nests of ants the Formica fusca group to carry away pupae to be reared as auxiliaries in the ho[[..]] nest. Polyergus workers are unable to feed themselves and are entirely dependent o captive Formica for their survival. : 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 155

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