Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

Abstract. 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 agai...

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Autores principales: Seifert, Bernhard, Kleeberg, Isabelle, Feldmeyer, Barbara, Pamminger, Tobias, Jongepier, Evelien, Foitzik, Susanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24478583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.368.6423
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author Seifert, Bernhard
Kleeberg, Isabelle
Feldmeyer, Barbara
Pamminger, Tobias
Jongepier, Evelien
Foitzik, Susanne
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Kleeberg, Isabelle
Feldmeyer, Barbara
Pamminger, Tobias
Jongepier, Evelien
Foitzik, Susanne
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description Abstract. 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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spelling pubmed-39040702014-01-29 Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) Seifert, Bernhard Kleeberg, Isabelle Feldmeyer, Barbara Pamminger, Tobias Jongepier, Evelien Foitzik, Susanne Zookeys Article Abstract. 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. Pensoft Publishers 2014-01-08 /pmc/articles/PMC3904070/ /pubmed/24478583 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.368.6423 Text en Bernhard Seifert, Isabelle Kleeberg, Barbara Feldmeyer, Tobias Pamminger, Evelien Jongepier, Susanne Foitzik http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Seifert, Bernhard
Kleeberg, Isabelle
Feldmeyer, Barbara
Pamminger, Tobias
Jongepier, Evelien
Foitzik, Susanne
Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_full Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_fullStr Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_full_unstemmed Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_short Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)
title_sort temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe formicoxenini from north america (hymenoptera, formicidae)
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3904070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24478583
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.368.6423
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