Proformica
| Proformica | |
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| P. nasuta worker from Spain | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Genus: | Proformica Ruzsky, 1902
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 25 species | |
Proformica is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen (monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers.[3]
Parasite host[]
Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus Rossomyrmex, with each species forming a coevolving pair:[4]
- Rossomyrmex proformicarum–
- –Proformica sp.
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- Rossomyrmex minuchae–
Species[]
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1926
- Ruzsky, 1915
- (Santschi, 1925)
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1927
- Bondroit, 1918
- (Viehmeyer, 1922)
- (Wheeler, 1923)
- Dlussky, 1969
- Arnol'di, 1968
- (Emery, 1909)
- (Donisthorpe, 1950)
- (Santschi, 1928)
- Collingwood, 1978
- (Emery, 1901)
- (Nylander, 1856)
- Kuznetsov-Ugamsky, 1923
- (Forel, 1886)
- Dubovikoff, 2005
- Dlussky, 1969
- Tarbinsky, 1970
- Dlussky, 1969
- Dlussky, 1965
- (Forel, 1911)
See also[]
- Rossomyrmex, genus of ant that parasitizes Proformica species
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Proformica". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Proformica". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Agosti, D. (1994). "The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus". Systematic Entomology. 19 (2): 93–117. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00581.x. S2CID 83590673.
- ^ Ruano, F.; Sanllorente, O.; Lenoir, A.; Tinaut, A. (2013), "Rossomyrmex, the Slave-Maker Ants from the Arid Steppe Environments", Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 2013: 1–7, doi:10.1155/2013/541804
External links[]
Media related to Proformica at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Formicinae
- Ant genera
- Formicinae stubs