Pseudomyrmex elongatus (lat.) Is a species of wood ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex from the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae ( Formicidae ). New World [1] [2] .
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Distribution
North, Central ( Costa Rica , Cuba , Panama ) and South America : from Texas and Florida ( USA ) to Brazil , Paraguay and Ecuador (Ward, 1989, 1993, 1999) [1] [2] .
Description
Medium-sized ants are yellow-brown in color (mandibles and legs are lighter). Head length (HL) 0.78-0.91 mm, head width (HW) 0.56-0.64 mm. They have relatively large oval eyes and a strong sting. The body is narrow, the legs are short. The stalk between the breast and the abdomen consists of two nodular segments (petiol and postpetiol). It differs from closely related species in short and high petiol. They live in the cavities of living trees and shrubs of acacia ( Acacia ) with which they are in a mutually beneficial relationship. In Florida, they live in the branches of Avicennia germinans , Baccharis halimifolia , Laguncularia racemosa and Rhizophora mangle , in mangroves; in Texas, in Quercus virginiana and Prosopis ; in Mexico, in Quercus fusiformis ; in Costa Rica and Panama - in Gliricidia sepium , Helicteres and Inga [1] [2] [3] [4] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ward, PS The Nearctic species of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Quaest. Entomol. : Magazine. - 1985. - Vol. 21. - P. 209-246.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Ward, PS Systematic studies on pseudomyrmecine ants: revision of the Pseudomyrmex oculatus and P. subtilissimus species groups, with taxonomic comments on other species (English) // Quaest. Entomol. : Magazine. - 1989. - Vol. 25. - P. 393-468.
- ↑ Meehan, CJ Olson, EJ and Curry, RL (August 21, 2008), Exploitation of the Pseudomyrmex – Acacia mutualism by a predominantly vegetarian jumping spider ( Bagheera kiplingi ) , < http://eco.confex.com/eco/2008/ techprogram / P12401.HTM >
- ↑ Ward, PS 1993. Systematic studies on Pseudomyrmex acacia-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) (Eng.) // J. Hym. Res. : Magazine. - Vol. 2. - P. 117-168.
Literature
- Kempf, WW Estudo sobre Pseudomyrmex I. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (port.) // Rev. Brasil. Entomol. : Magazine. - 1960. - Vol. 9. - P. 5—32.
- Ward, PS Systematic studies on Pseudomyrmex acacia-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) (Eng.) // J. Hym. Res. : Magazine. - 1993. - Vol. 2. - P. 117-168.
- Ward, PS Systematics, biogeography and host plant associations of the Pseudomyrmex viduus group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), Triplaris- and Tachigali-inhabiting ants (English) // Zool. J. Linn. Soc. : Magazine. - 1999. - Vol. 126. - P. 451-540.