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Temnothorax Albipennis Workers Performing A Tandem Run
''Temnothorax'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains more than 380 species. Biology The workers of ''Temnothorax'' species are generally small. Colonies are typically monogynous, although facultative polygyny has been documented in several species. Colony populations are usually quite small, often with less than 100 workers. However, several studies have found colonies of some species to be widely dispersed with several to many satellite nests. Many species are arboreal, living within hollow stems, old beetle or termite galleries, or in galls. ''Temnothorax'' species appear to be trophic generalists, feeding on a wide variety of scavenged items, including the elaiosomes of seeds. None have been documented to be active or aggressive predators. Phylogenetics Recent molecular phylogenetic studies show that the genera ''Chalepoxenus'', ''Myrmoxenus'' and ''Protomognathus'' are nested within ''Temnothorax'', and that the latter is distinct from the more dista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Mayr
Gustav L. Mayr (12 October 1830 – 14 July 1908) was an Austrian entomologist and professor in Budapest and Vienna. He specialised in Hymenoptera, being particularly known for his studies of ants.1908. Obituary. Prof. Gustav Mayr. Entomological News 19:396 Bibliography In 1868, he was the first to describe the . He is credited with naming the harvesting ant species, ''Aphaenogaster treatae'', for naturalist Mary Davis Treat, in honor of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harpagoxenus
''Harpagoxenus'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Found in the Palaearctic and Nearctic ecozones of the world, ''Harpagoxenus'' was first established as ''Tomognathus'' by Mayr (1861) to house the species ''Myrmica sublaevis'' (now '' Harpagoxenus sublaevis''). However, the name had already been used (homonym In linguistics, homonyms are words which are homographs (words that share the same spelling, regardless of pronunciation), or homophones ( equivocal words, that share the same pronunciation, regardless of spelling), or both. Using this definiti ...) for a genus of fish, and was replaced with its current name by Forel (1893). Species * '' Harpagoxenus canadensis'' Smith, 1939 * '' Harpagoxenus sublaevis'' (Nylander, 1849) * '' Harpagoxenus zaisanicus'' Pisarski, 1963 References External links * Myrmicinae Ant genera Taxa named by Auguste Forel Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{myrmicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Exilis
''Temnothorax'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains more than 380 species. Biology The workers of ''Temnothorax'' species are generally small. Colonies are typically monogynous, although facultative polygyny has been documented in several species. Colony populations are usually quite small, often with less than 100 workers. However, several studies have found colonies of some species to be widely dispersed with several to many satellite nests. Many species are arboreal, living within hollow stems, old beetle or termite galleries, or in galls. ''Temnothorax'' species appear to be trophic generalists, feeding on a wide variety of scavenged items, including the elaiosomes of seeds. None have been documented to be active or aggressive predators. Phylogenetics Recent molecular phylogenetic studies show that the genera ''Chalepoxenus'', ''Myrmoxenus'' and ''Protomognathus'' are nested within ''Temnothorax'', and that the latter is distinct from the more dista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Unifasciatus
''Temnothorax unifasciatus'' is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Behavior ''Temnothorax unifasciatus'' exhibit the altruistic behavior of social withdrawal, or “altruistic self-removal” whilst on the brink of death. Dying ants will leave their nest hours or in some cases days before their death. The behavior is exhibited both in the presence of fungal infection as well as when experimentally exposed to 95% , causing the ants to die in the absence of an acting pathogen. This indicates that the ants are in fact behaving in an altruistic manner, rather than experiencing behavioral manipulation as a result of pathogen influence. The action is altruistic because it reduces the risk of infecting other ants in the colony. This in turn minimizes the risk of transferring the infection to kin and thus likely results in a higher inclusive fitness In evolutionary biology, inclusive fitness is one of two metrics of evolutionary success as defined by W. D. Hamilton in 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Rugatulus
''Temnothorax rugatulus'' is a species of ant in the genus ''Temnothorax''. It is found in North America. More specifically, it is found in the forests of the western United States."Colony size does not predict foraging distance in the ant Temnothorax rugatulus: a puzzle for standard scaling models." Insectes Sociaux 60.1 (2013): 93-96. Colonies are either monogynous (with single reproductive queen) or polygynous (multiple queens). Queens in monogynous colonies are generally larger (marcogynes), about twice the size of conspecific workers; polygynous colonies have smaller queens (microgynes), typically slightly smaller than the workers. T. ''rugatulus'' ants are a subdominant ant group."Extraordinary starvation resistance in ''Temnothorax rugatulus'' (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) colonies: Demography and adaptive behavior." Insectes Sociaux 52.3 (2005): 282-290 Behavior Quorum decision making Temnothorax ''rugatulus'' ants are highly skilled in different consensus methods to help th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Pilagens
''Temnothorax pilagens'' (from Latin: ''pilare'', "to pluck", "plunder", "pillage") is a small Nearctic species of slave-making ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It occurs in northeastern United States. It raids the acorn castles of other insects ('' Temnothorax longispinosus'' and '' Temnothorax ambiguous'') and captures them as slaves and has been nicknamed the pillage ant. Habitat and distribution The species is known from the north-eastern parts of the United States and possibly south-eastern Canada. They live in forests, woodlands and parks. Preferentially wooded sites with little understory, and a high density of suitable nest sites, such as acorns, hickory nuts and sticks. Occurrence is patchy and depends on high density of suitable host populations; so far only known from three sites in the northern US: Niquette Bay State Park (Vermont), E.N. Huyck Preserve ( Rensselaerville, New York) and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore (Empire, Michigan). In all three populatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Nylanderi
''Temnothorax nylanderi'' is a species of ant in the genus ''Temnothorax ''Temnothorax'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains more than 380 species. Biology The workers of ''Temnothorax'' species are generally small. Colonies are typically monogynous, although facultative polygyny has been doc ...''. The species is found in western Europe. It was first described by Förster (1850) based on a male from Germany. Subspecies *''Temnothorax nylanderi nylanderonigriceps'' (Stitz, 1939) Ecology ''Temnothorax nylanderi'' lives in the litter, and nests can be found in small cavities in twigs and acorns for example. Nests usually contain less than 400 individuals, among them a single queen. Study shows that if these ants live socially isolated, their interaction with their colony members decreases and their stress response changes. Repartition ''Temnothorax nylanderi'' is widely distributed across Western Europe, and a parapatric species (''Temnothorax cras ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Lichtensteini
''Temnothorax lichtensteini'' is a Mediterranean species of ant in the genus Temnothorax ''Temnothorax'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains more than 380 species. Biology The workers of ''Temnothorax'' species are generally small. Colonies are typically monogynous, although facultative polygyny has been doc .... References Myrmicinae Insects described in 1918 {{Myrmicinae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Gallae
''Temnothorax gallae'' is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. References Further reading * * * * * External links * Myrmicinae Insects described in 1949 {{ant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Curvispinosus
''Temnothorax curvispinosus'', the acorn ant, is a species of ant in the genus ''Temnothorax''. The species is common and widely distributed in eastern United States, where they tend to inhabit forested areas. The ground-dwelling ants build their nests in plant cavities, in the soil or under rocks. It is sometimes called the acorn ant because it can live inside hollowed out acorns. Acorn ants are found in both rural and urban habitats. The acorn ant is temperature-sensitive, and urban environments tend to be hotter and change temperature more rapidly than rural ones. Urban populations of acorn ants can evolve improved heat tolerance and also increased plasticity Plasticity may refer to: Science * Plasticity (physics), in engineering and physics, the propensity of a solid material to undergo permanent deformation under load * Neuroplasticity, in neuroscience, how entire brain structures, and the brain it ... in responding to temperature changes. References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Corsicus
''Temnothorax corsicus'' is a socially parasitic ant species known from Southern Europe, more specifically from Italy, France and Croatia. It is a workerless social parasite of the ant ''Temnothorax exilis ''Temnothorax'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It contains more than 380 species. Biology The workers of ''Temnothorax'' species are generally small. Colonies are typically monogynous, although facultative polygyny has been d ...'' in the same genus.Buschinger, A., & Winter, U. (1985). Life history and male morphology of the workerless parasitic ant Epimyrma corsica(Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Entomologia generalis, 10(2), 65-75. Available at http://antbase.org/ants/publications/6841/6841.pdf accessed 15 Dec 2021Mei, M. (1992). A survey of the socially parasitic ant generaEpimyrma Emery, 1915 andChalepoxenus Menozzi, 1922 in Italy (Hymenoptera, Formicidae, Myrmicinae). Insectes Sociaux, 39(2), 145-156. Available at http://antbase.org/ants/publications/11993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Temnothorax Americanus
''Temnothorax americanus'' is a species of slave-maker ant in the genus ''Temnothorax''. The ants are 2–3 mm in size, and endemic to the northeastern United States and adjacent Canadian regions. They do not forage for food, but instead 'scout workers' from the colony seek out nearby host colonies of ants (e.g. '' Temnothorax longispinosus''), steal larvae and bring them back to their own colony. A small ''T. americanus'' colony could consist of a queen, two to five workers and thirty to sixty slaves. In a study published in ''Animal Behaviour Ethology is the scientific study of animal behaviour, usually with a focus on behaviour under natural conditions, and viewing behaviour as an evolutionarily adaptive trait. Behaviourism as a term also describes the scientific and objectiv ...'', researchers showed that ''T. americanus'' scouts target stronger colonies over weaker ones to steal larvae from. It was formerly placed as the sole member of the genus '' Protomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
