FG 102 Formicoxenus
FG 102 Formicoxenus suggested by MrIloveTheAnts Subfamily: Myrmicinae (Despite what Wikipedia has to say!) Distribution: United States, Canada, and Parts of Europe. I imagined they're found elsewhere...
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Ah, here's an ant with unpleasant taxonomic consequences. Formicoxenus is essentially a small lineage of Leptothorax that lives in thatch mounds of Formica rufa-group ants. Hence, the "guest ant"....
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It seems someone corrected the Wikipedia entry, as this genus is now put in Myrmicinae there.
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One of the best revisions I've ever seen is the bio-systematic one about this genus. It includes a morphological description of every possible known form of every species included, determination key...
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Teleutotje wrote: One of the best revisions I've ever seen is the bio-systematic one about this genus. It includes a morphological description of every possible known form of every species included,...
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Formicoxenus is in fact widespread in Europe and even farther east in the Paleartic area. Records go from Scandinavia to Greece and Turkey (for the northern and southern records), and from Spain and...
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