Myrmecocystus
| Myrmecocystus | |
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| Myrmecocystussp. | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Myrmecocystus Wesmael,1838 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmecocystus mexicanus Wesmael, 1838
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 29 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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EndiodioctesSnelling, 1976 | |
Myrmecocystus(fromKoine Greekμυρμήκιον[mýrmikion], meaning "ant", andκύστις[kýstis], meaning "bladder" or "sac" ) is aNorth Americangenusofantsin thesubfamilyFormicinae.It is one of five genera that includeshoneypot ants.[2]Worker ants keep and tendplerergates,which are other ants that store large quantities of nutritious fluid in their abdomens to feed the colony duringfaminetimes. Some species engage in highly territorial tournaments, which can result in intraspecific slavery.[3]During the raids, they carry off larvae, workers, and plerergates.[4]
Species
[edit]- Myrmecocystus christineaeSnelling, 1982
- Myrmecocystus coleiSnelling, 1976
- Myrmecocystus creightoniSnelling, 1971
- Myrmecocystus depilisForel, 1901
- Myrmecocystus ewartiSnelling, 1971
- Myrmecocystus flavicepsWheeler, 1912
- Myrmecocystus hammettensisCole, 1938
- Myrmecocystus intonsusSnelling, 1976
- Myrmecocystus kathjuliSnelling, 1976
- Myrmecocystus kennedyiSnelling, 1969
- Myrmecocystus kosoSnelling, 1976
- Myrmecocystus lugubrisWheeler, 1909
- Myrmecocystus melanoticusWheeler, 1914
- Myrmecocystus melligerForel, 1886
- Myrmecocystus mendaxWheeler, 1908
- Myrmecocystus mexicanusWesmael, 1838
- Myrmecocystus mimicusWheeler, 1908
- Myrmecocystus navajoWheeler, 1908
- Myrmecocystus nequazcatlSnelling, 1976
- Myrmecocystus perimecesSnelling, 1976
- Myrmecocystus placodopsForel, 1908
- Myrmecocystus pyramicusSmith, 1951
- Myrmecocystus romaineiHunt & Snelling, 1975
- Myrmecocystus semirufusEmery, 1893
- Myrmecocystus snellingiBolton, 1995
- Myrmecocystus tenuinodisSnelling, 1976
- Myrmecocystus testaceusEmery, 1893
- Myrmecocystus wheeleriSnelling, 1971
- Myrmecocystus yumaWheeler, 1912
Media
[edit]- Natural World:Empire of the Desert Ants, BBC TWO 10 August 2011, 8 pm BST;informationabout it on BBC Nature
References
[edit]- ^Bolton, B.(2014)."Myrmecocystus".AntCat.Retrieved19 July2014.
- ^Morgan, R.Biology, husbandry and display of the diurnal honey antMyrmecocystus mendaxWheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)Archived2010-07-17 at theWayback Machine
- ^Kronauer, D. J. C.; Gadau, J.; Hölldobler, B. (2003)."Genetic evidence for intra- and interspecific slavery in honey ants (genusMyrmecocystus) ".Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.270(1517): 805–810.doi:10.1098/rspb.2002.2288.JSTOR3558609.PMC1691314.PMID12737658.
- ^"Honey Ant War Games End in Slavery".Science News.109(23/24): 358. 1976.doi:10.2307/3960982.JSTOR3960982.
External links
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