Formica gagatoides (Polar Ant [1] [2] [3] ) - a species of medium-sized ants of the subgenus Serviformica of the genus Formica ( Formica ) from the subfamily Formicinae . The body length of monotonously black working ants is 4.5–5.7 mm, and winged males and females are 6.0–7.5 mm [1] . It is included in the Red Book of the Chelyabinsk region [4] .
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Distribution
North of 60 N The tundra zone of Europe and Siberia, the Far East. Scandinavia, Russia (from the Arkhangelsk region to Kamchatka; Sakhalin), Japan ( Hokkaido , Honshu ) [1] .
Classification
This species belongs to the subgenus Serviformica , which includes the most primitive representatives of the genus Formica.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 The Red Book of the Chelyabinsk Region: POLAR ANT Formica gagatoides Ruzsky, 1904
- ↑ Berman D.I. (2006). How do ants winter in Kolyma? - Nature. Number 3.
- ↑ Berman D.I., A.V. Alfimov, Z. A. Zhigulskaya, A.N. Leirich. Wintering and cold tolerance of ants in northeast Asia. - M .: Partnership of scientific publications of KMK. 2007. - S.1-261
- ↑ An annotated list of rare and endangered species of invertebrate animals, especially protected within Russia // 2003 * Russia * Red list of specially protected rare and endangered animals and plants. (2nd edition). Part 2. Invertebrate animals (Red Book Bulletin, 2/2004 (2008)) / rev. ed. V.E. Prisyazhnyuk. - M .: Laboratory of the Red Book of the All-Russian Research Institute of Nature Conservation , 2004 (2008). - S. 207. - 512 p. - ISBN 978-5-9243-0158-7 Full text
Literature
- Dlussky G. M. "Ants of the genus Formica". - M .: Nauka, 1967 .-- 236 p.