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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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283806 http://treatment.plazi.org/id/0C78AE874D16C00DC173302FB9BC73BE |
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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