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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] |
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] |
Rossomyrmex Minuchae
''Rossomyrmex minuchae'' is a species of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is native to Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i .... References External links * Formicinae Hymenoptera of Europe Slave-making ants Insects described in 1981 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{formicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
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] |
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country located mainly in Central Asia and partly in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the north and west, China to the east, Kyrgyzstan to the southeast, Uzbekistan to the south, and Turkmenistan to the southwest, with a coastline along the Caspian Sea. Its capital is Astana, known as Nur-Sultan from 2019 to 2022. Almaty, Kazakhstan's largest city, was the country's capital until 1997. Kazakhstan is the world's largest landlocked country, the largest and northernmost Muslim-majority country by land area, and the ninth-largest country in the world. It has a population of 19 million people, and one of the lowest population densities in the world, at fewer than 6 people per square kilometre (15 people per square mile). The country dominates Central Asia economically and politically, generating 60 percent of the region's GDP, primarily through its oil and gas industry; it also has vast mineral ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volga
The Volga (; russian: Во́лга, a=Ru-Волга.ogg, p=ˈvoɫɡə) is the List of rivers of Europe#Rivers of Europe by length, longest river in Europe. Situated in Russia, it flows through Central Russia to Southern Russia and into the Caspian Sea. The Volga has a length of , and a catchment area of «Река Волга» , Russian State Water Registry which is more than twice the size of Ukraine. It is also Europe's largest river in terms of average discharge (hydrology), discharge at delta – between and – and of drainage basin. It is widely regarded as the Rivers in Russia, national river of Russia. The hypothetical old Russian state, the Rus' Khaganate, arose along the Volga . Historically, the river served as an important meeting place of various Eurasian civilizations. The river flows in Russia through forests, Fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass. Russia extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones and shares Borders of Russia, land boundaries with fourteen countries, more than List of countries and territories by land borders, any other country but China. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, world's ninth-most populous country and List of European countries by population, Europe's most populous country, with a population of 146 million people. The country's capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city is Moscow, the List of European cities by population within city limits, largest city entirely within E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal
Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms in the Kingdom (biology), biological kingdom Animalia. With few exceptions, animals Heterotroph, consume organic material, Cellular respiration#Aerobic respiration, breathe oxygen, are Motility, able to move, can Sexual reproduction, reproduce sexually, and go through an ontogenetic stage in which their body consists of a hollow sphere of Cell (biology), cells, the blastula, during Embryogenesis, embryonic development. Over 1.5 million Extant taxon, living animal species have been Species description, described—of which around 1 million are Insecta, insects—but it has been estimated there are over 7 million animal species in total. Animals range in length from to . They have Ecology, complex interactions with each other and their environments, forming intricate food webs. The scientific study of animals is known as zoology. Most living animal species are in Bilateria, a clade whose members have a Symmetry in biology#Bilate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
