Myrmica lobicornis

Myrmica lobicornis
	worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. lobicornis
Binomial name
	Myrmica lobicornis; (Nylander, 1846)

Myrmica lobicornis is an ant species distributed through the planes of North Europe and the mountains of Central and Southern Europe. It is also found in the forest zone of East Europe, the Caucasus, West Siberia, North-East Kazakhstan, East Siberia, and Mongolia stretching until Transbaikalia in the East. It inhabits coniferous or mixed woodlands, occasionally also meadows. It mostly nests in the ground, forms monogynous colonies containing a few hundred workers.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Csősz S, Markó B, Gallé L (2011). "The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: an updated checklist" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 7: 55–62.
^ Czekes Z, et al. (2012). "The genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: distribution of species and key for their identification" (PDF). Entomologica romanica. 17: 29–50.

External links[]

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[1] Csősz S, Markó B, Gallé L (2011). "The myrmecofauna (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) of Hungary: an updated checklist" (PDF). North-Western Journal of Zoology. 7: 55–62.

[2] Czekes Z, et al. (2012). "The genus Myrmica Latreille, 1804 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in Romania: distribution of species and key for their identification" (PDF). Entomologica romanica. 17: 29–50.

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