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Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
Bernhard SeifertSusanne FoitzikIsabelle KleebergTobias PammingerEvelien JongepierBarbara Feldmeyersubject
MorphometricsNearctic regionmorphometricsbiologyTemnothoraxObligateEcologyved/biologyved/biology.organism_classification_rank.speciesslave-raiding behaviorTemnothorax pilagensZoologyHymenopteraTribe (biology)biology.organism_classificationArticledulosisTemnothoraxGenuslcsh:ZoologyNearctic ecozoneAnimal Science and Zoologylcsh:QL1-991Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematicsdescription
A new species of the ant genus Temnothorax Forel, 1890 – Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. is described from eastern North America. T. pilagens sp. n. is an obligate slave-making ant with two known hosts: T. longispinosus (Roger, 1863) and T. ambiguus (Emery, 1895). A differential diagnosis against Temnothorax duloticus (Wesson, 1937), the other dulotic congener from the Nearctic, is presented and a biological characteristics of the new species is given.
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2014-01-08 | ZooKeys |