Pseudomyrmex ejectus (lat.) Is a species of wood ants of the genus Pseudomyrmex from the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae ( Formicidae ). New World [1] .
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Distribution
South and North America : USA , Mexico , Guatemala , Costa Rica , Bolivia [1] [2] [3] .
Description
Small-sized ants of brown color (antennae and stalk lighter). The scapus is short. They have relatively large 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). They live in the cavities of living trees and shrubs of various plants with which they are in mutually beneficial relations [1] [4] .
Systematics
The species was first described in 1858 by the British entomologist Frederick Smith (1805-1879), the valid status was confirmed in the 1980-1990s during the audit by the American entomologist Phil Ward ( Ward, PS ). Belongs to the pallidus species group [1] [5] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 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.
- ↑ Ward, PS The Nearctic species of the genus Pseudomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) (Eng.) // Quaest. Entomol. : Magazine. - 1985. - Vol. 21. - P. 209-246.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Ward, PS Systematic studies on Pseudomyrmex acacia-ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) (Eng.) // J. Hym. Res. : Magazine. - 1993. - Vol. 2. - P. 117-168.
- ↑ Smith, F. 1858a. Catalog of hymenopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part vi. Formicidae. London: British Museum, 216 pp. (page 157, description of the worker)
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.