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Proformica
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen ( monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers. Parasite host Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus ''Rossomyrmex'', with each species forming a coevolving pair: *''Rossomyrmex proformicarum''–''Proformica epinotalis'' *''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum''–''Proformica'' sp. *''Rossomyrmex anatolicus''–''Proformica korbi'' *''Rossomyrmex minuchae''–''Proformica longiseta'' Species *''Proformica alaica'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926 *''Proformica buddhaensis'' Ruzsky, 1915 *''Proformica caucasea'' (Santschi, 1925) *'' Proformica coriacea'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 *'' Profor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proformica Alaica
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen ( monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers. Parasite host Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus ''Rossomyrmex'', with each species forming a coevolving pair: *''Rossomyrmex proformicarum''–''Proformica epinotalis'' *''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum''–''Proformica'' sp. *''Rossomyrmex anatolicus''–''Proformica korbi'' *''Rossomyrmex minuchae''–''Proformica longiseta'' Species *''Proformica alaica'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926 *''Proformica buddhaensis'' Ruzsky, 1915 *''Proformica caucasea'' (Santschi, 1925) *'' Proformica coriacea'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 *'' Proformi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proformica Nasuta
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen ( monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers. Parasite host Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus ''Rossomyrmex'', with each species forming a coevolving pair: *''Rossomyrmex proformicarum''–''Proformica epinotalis'' *''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum''–''Proformica'' sp. *''Rossomyrmex anatolicus''–''Proformica korbi'' *''Rossomyrmex minuchae''–''Proformica longiseta'' Species *''Proformica alaica'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926 *''Proformica buddhaensis'' Ruzsky, 1915 *''Proformica caucasea'' (Santschi, 1925) *'' Proformica coriacea'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 *'' Proformi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proformica Longiseta
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen ( monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers. Parasite host Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus ''Rossomyrmex'', with each species forming a coevolving pair: *''Rossomyrmex proformicarum''–''Proformica epinotalis'' *''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum''–''Proformica'' sp. *''Rossomyrmex anatolicus''–''Proformica korbi'' *''Rossomyrmex minuchae''–''Proformica longiseta'' Species *''Proformica alaica'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926 *''Proformica buddhaensis'' Ruzsky, 1915 *''Proformica caucasea'' (Santschi, 1925) *'' Proformica coriacea'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 *'' Proformi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proformica Korbi
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen ( monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers. Parasite host Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus ''Rossomyrmex'', with each species forming a coevolving pair: *''Rossomyrmex proformicarum''–''Proformica epinotalis'' *''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum''–''Proformica'' sp. *''Rossomyrmex anatolicus''–''Proformica korbi'' *''Rossomyrmex minuchae''–''Proformica longiseta'' Species *''Proformica alaica'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926 *''Proformica buddhaensis'' Ruzsky, 1915 *''Proformica caucasea'' (Santschi, 1925) *'' Proformica coriacea'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 *'' Proformi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Proformica Epinotalis
''Proformica'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen ( monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers. Parasite host Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus ''Rossomyrmex'', with each species forming a coevolving pair: *''Rossomyrmex proformicarum''–''Proformica epinotalis'' *''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum''–''Proformica'' sp. *''Rossomyrmex anatolicus''–''Proformica korbi'' *''Rossomyrmex minuchae''–''Proformica longiseta'' Species *''Proformica alaica'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926 *''Proformica buddhaensis'' Ruzsky, 1915 *''Proformica caucasea'' (Santschi, 1925) *'' Proformica coriacea'' Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927 *'' Proformi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossomyrmex
''Rossomyrmex'' is a genus of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus consists of four species, each with a single host from the genus '' Proformica'', and has a very wide range of distribution from China to southeastern Spain, from huge extended plains to the top of high mountains. Species * ''Rossomyrmex anatolicus'' Tinaut, 2007 – Turkey * ''Rossomyrmex minuchae'' Tinaut, 1981 – Spain * ''Rossomyrmex proformicarum'' Arnol'di, 1928 – Caucasus and Volga plains, Russia * ''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum'' Xia & Zheng, 1995 – Kazakhstan and China Distribution The Asian parasite-host pairs live mostly in extended plains whereas the Spanish pair ''R. minuchae''–''P. longiseta'' inhabits the top of three high mountains in southern Spain. Despite this apparent difference in habitat (extended plains versus high mountains), the abiotic conditions are quite similar and are consistent with a typical arid steppe. However, the main difference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossomyrmex Quandratinodum
''Rossomyrmex'' is a genus of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus consists of four species, each with a single host from the genus ''Proformica'', and has a very wide range of distribution from China to southeastern Spain, from huge extended plains to the top of high mountains. Species * ''Rossomyrmex anatolicus'' Tinaut, 2007 – Turkey * ''Rossomyrmex minuchae'' Tinaut, 1981 – Spain * ''Rossomyrmex proformicarum'' Arnol'di, 1928 – Caucasus and Volga plains, Russia * ''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum'' Xia & Zheng, 1995 – Kazakhstan and China Distribution The Asian parasite-host pairs live mostly in extended plains whereas the Spanish pair ''R. minuchae''–''P. longiseta'' inhabits the top of three high mountains in southern Spain. Despite this apparent difference in habitat (extended plains versus high mountains), the abiotic conditions are quite similar and are consistent with a typical arid steppe. However, the main difference comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossomyrmex Anatolicus
''Rossomyrmex'' is a genus of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus consists of four species, each with a single host from the genus ''Proformica'', and has a very wide range of distribution from China to southeastern Spain, from huge extended plains to the top of high mountains. Species * ''Rossomyrmex anatolicus'' Tinaut, 2007 – Turkey * ''Rossomyrmex minuchae'' Tinaut, 1981 – Spain * ''Rossomyrmex proformicarum'' Arnol'di, 1928 – Caucasus and Volga plains, Russia * ''Rossomyrmex quandratinodum'' Xia & Zheng, 1995 – Kazakhstan and China Distribution The Asian parasite-host pairs live mostly in extended plains whereas the Spanish pair ''R. minuchae''–''P. longiseta'' inhabits the top of three high mountains in southern Spain. Despite this apparent difference in habitat (extended plains versus high mountains), the abiotic conditions are quite similar and are consistent with a typical arid steppe. However, the main difference comes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slave-making Ant
Slave-making ants are brood parasites that capture broods of other ant species to increase the worker force of their colony. After emerging in the slave-maker nest, slave workers work as if they were in their own colony, while parasite workers only concentrate on replenishing the labor force from neighboring host nests, a process called slave raiding. The slave-making ants are specialized to parasitize a single species or a group of related species, and they are often close relatives to their hosts, which is typical for social parasites. The slave-makers may either be permanent social parasites (thus depending on enslaved ants throughout their whole lives) or facultative slave-makers. The behavior is unusual among ants but has evolved several times independently. Terminology Theft of brood for the purpose of employing the stolen individual's efforts in support of the thief is called dulosis (from Greek , "slave"), but the term "slave-making" is used in older literature and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formicini
Formicini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Genera * ''Alloformica'' Dlussky, 1969 * ''Bajcaridris'' Agosti, 1994 * ''Cataglyphis'' Foerster, 1850 * †'' Cataglyphoides'' Dlussky, 2008 * †'' Conoformica'' Dlussky, 2008 * ''Formica'' Linnaeus, 1758 * ''Iberoformica'' Tinaut, 1990 * ''Polyergus'' Latreille, 1804 – Amazon ants * ''Proformica'' Ruzsky, 1902 * †'' Protoformica'' Dlussky, 1967 * ''Rossomyrmex ''Rossomyrmex'' is a genus of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus consists of four species, each with a single host from the genus '' Proformica'', and has a very wide range of distribution from China to southeastern Spain ...'' Arnol'di, 1928 References Formicinae Ant tribes Taxa named by Pierre André Latreille {{formicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formicinae
The Formicinae are a subfamily within the Formicidae containing ants of moderate evolutionary development. Formicines retain some primitive features, such as the presence of cocoons around pupae, the presence of ocelli in workers, and little tendency toward reduction of palp or antennal segmentation in most species, except subterranean groups. Extreme modification of mandibles is rare, except in the genera ''Myrmoteras'' and ''Polyergus''. However, some members show considerable evolutionary advancement in behaviors such as slave-making and symbiosis with root-feeding hemipterans. Finally, all formicines have very reduced stings and enlarged venom reservoirs, with the venom gland, specialized (uniquely among ants) for the production of formic acid. All members of the Formicinae "have a one-segmented petiole in the form of a vertical scale". Identification Formicine ants have a single node-like or scale-like petiole (postpetiole entirely lacking) and the apex of the abdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rossomyrmex Proformicarum
''Rossomyrmex proformicarum'' is a species of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is native to Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the .... References External links * Formicinae Slave-making ants Insects of Russia Insects described in 1928 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{formicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
