Plagiolepis xene

Plagiolepis xene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Plagiolepidini
Genus:	Plagiolepis
Species:	P. xene
Binomial name
Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936 Specimen Labels

This species is a workerless inquiline in the nests of Plagiolepis pygmaea. Queens live in the nest of a different ant species, have no workers and are entirely dependent on their hosts for food. The queens produce eggs that are cared for and raised to maturity by the host workers.

At a Glance

• Workerless Inquiline

 

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Palaearctic Region: Andorra, Balearic Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iberian Peninsula, Italy (type locality), Montenegro, Russian Federation, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine.

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Castes

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• xene. Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936: 279 (q.) ITALY. Kutter, 1952: 61 (m.). Combination in P. (Paraplagiolepis): Faber, 1969: 65. See also: Bernard, 1967: 278.

References

• Bernard, F. 1967a [1968]. Faune de l'Europe et du Bassin Méditerranéen. 3. Les fourmis (Hymenoptera Formicidae) d'Europe occidentale et septentrionale. Paris: Masson, 411 pp. (page 278, see also)
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• Espadaler, X.; Cagniant, H. 1992 ("1991"). Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, the first inquiline ant from the Balearic Islands, Spain. Psyche (Cambridge) 98:351-354. [1992-09-04]
• Faber, W. 1969. Beiträge zur Kenntnis sozialparasitischer Ameisen. 2. Aporomyrmex ampeloni nov. gen., nov. spec. (Hym. Formicidae), ein neuer permanenter Sozialparasit bei Plagiolepis vindobonensis Lomnicki aus Österreich. Pflanzenschutz Ber. 39: 39-100 (page 65, Combination in P. (Paraplagiolepis))
• Kutter, H. 1952a. Über Plagiolepis xene Stärcke (Hym., Formicid.). Mitt. Schweiz. Entomol. Ges. 25: 57-72 (page 61, male described)
• Pérez‐Marcos, M., López‐Gallego, E., Arnaldos, M.I., Martínez‐Ibáñez, D., García, M.D. 2020. Formicidae (Hymenoptera) community in corpses at different altitudes in a semiarid wild environment in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Entomological Science 23, 297–310 (doi:10.1111/ENS.12422).
• Radchenko, A. G.; Tsyubik, M. M. 1990. On the discovery of a new member of the genus Plagiolepis Mayr (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) in the USSR. [Abstract.] Vestn. Zool. 1: 85 (page 85, Record in Ukraine)
• Stärcke, A. 1936. Retouches sur quelques fourmis d'Europe. I. Plagiolepis xene nov. sp. et Pl. vindobonensis Lomnicki. Entomol. Ber. (Amst.) 9: 277-279 (page 279, queen described)

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