Published December 31, 1979
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Formicoxenus
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Genus Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855
Formicoxenus Mayr, 1855:413.
Type-species: Myrmica nitidula Nylander, 1846.
Worker and queen. Small, shining, narrow bodied ants. Antennae 11 segmented; palp formula 4:3. Postpetiole with peg-like ventral process directed forward.
Males. Apterous, ergatoid without wing sclerites. Antennae 12 segmented. Postpetiole as in female castes.
This is a palaearctic genus with 2 species only; a similar species Leptothorax diversipilosus M. Smith, occurs in North America.
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 77
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- Is part of
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/BD3B0D337E1DDAA0E4761CC6B14CB110 (URL)
- Is source of
- https://sibils.text-analytics.ch/search/collections/plazi/0C78AE874D16C00DC173302FB9BC73BE (URL)
- https://www.gbif.org/species/100120051 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Formicoxenus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Species
- nitidula
- Taxon rank
- genus