Polyergus lucidus (lat.) - a species of ants- slave owners from the genus of Amazon ants of the subfamily Formicinae .
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| Polyergus lucidus Mayr, 1870 |
International Red Book IUCN 2.3 Vulnerable : 17928 |
Description
Ants are red-brown in color with saber-shaped (without teeth) mandibles. They are found in Canada and the USA . They lead a “ slave-owning ” way of life, using as their slaves ants of the genus Formica (Formica incerta and others). Head shape from sub rectangular to sub trapezoidal with a narrower back. The body is brilliant. Head length (HL) 1.40-1.76 mm, head width (HW) 1.38-1.76, scape length of antennae (SL) 1.19-1.36, head index (CI) 93-100, scapus index (SI) 75-91, total body length (TL) 5.72-7.12 mm [1] [2] . The species was first described in species status in 1870 by the Austrian worldmecologist Gustav Mayr (1830-1908) [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Trager, JC Global revision of the dulotic ant genus Polyergus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae, Formicinae, Formicini) (English) // Zootaxa : Journal. - 2013 .-- Vol. 3722. - P. 501–548.
- ↑ Goodloe, Linda; Sanwald, Raymond; Topoff, Howard. Host specificity in raiding behavior of the slave-making ant, Polyergus lucidus (English) // Psyche: journal. - 1987. - Vol. 94 . - P. 39-44 . - DOI : 10.1155 / 1987/47105 .
- ↑ Mayr, G. 1870. Neue Formiciden. - Verh. KK. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 20: 939-996 (page 952)
Literature
- Creighton, WS 1950. The ants of North America. - Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. 104: 1-585.
- Talbot, M. 1968 [1967]. Slave-raids of the ant Polyergus lucidus Mayr. - Psyche (Camb.) 74: 299-313 (page 299)
- Wheeler, GC; Wheeler, J. 1968. The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae): supplement. - Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 61: 205-222 (page 214, description of the larvae)
Links
- Eol.org: Polyergus (English) (Retrieved February 23, 2015)