Published December 31, 1979
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Sifolinia Emery
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Genus Sifolinia Emery, 1907
Sifolinia Emery, 1907:49.
Type-species: Sifolinia laurae Emery, 1907.
Queen. General shape as in Myrmica but antennal scape relatively thick; mid and hind tibiae with pectinate spurs reduced or absent. Both petiole and postpetiole are produced ventrally into blunt projections.
Male. General shape as in Myrmica but lacking mid and hind tibial spurs. Antennae 12 segmented. Postpetiole with a blunt ventral projection, petiole thickened and swollen without defined projection. Notauli with posterior portion of Y tail reduced or absent. Wing venation of Myrmica type but variable and often reduced.
This is a genus of workerless ants parasitic on Myrmica species, with 4 or 5 species known from the palaearctic region only.
Notes
Published as part of Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., pp. 1-174 in Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8 on page 58
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Related works
- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD3B0D337E1DDAA0E4761CC6B14CB110 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/67E735DC1B13C4140DAB07B678756CC9 (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100120129 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Sifolinia
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Scientific name authorship
- Emery
- Species
- laurae
- Taxon rank
- genus