Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera,Formicidae) |
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| Authors: | Bernhard Seifert Isabelle Kleeberg Barbara Feldmeyer Tobias Pamminger Evelien Jongepier Susanne Foitzik |
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| Institution: | 1.Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Goerlitz, Am Museum 1, D - 02826 Goerlitz, Germany ; 2.Evolutionary Biology, Department Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johannes von Müller Weg 6, D - 55099 Mainz, Germany |
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| 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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| Keywords: | Temnothorax Nearctic region dulosis slave-raiding behavior morphometrics |
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