Plagiolepis xene
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| Plagiolepis xene | |
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| 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
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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 |
Contents
Identification
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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Biology
Castes
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Nomenclature
The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's New General Catalogue, a catalogue of the world's ants.
- xene. Plagiolepis xene Stärcke, 1936: 279 (q.) ITALY. Kutter, 1952: 61 (m.). Combination in P. (Paraplagiolepis): Faber, 1969: 65. See also: Bernard, 1967: 278.
Description
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)
- Borowiec, L. & Salata, S. 2013. Ants of Greece – additions and corrections (Hymenoptera Formicidae). Genus (Wroclaw) 24, 335-401.
- Buschinger, A. (2009). Social parasitism among ants: a review. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Myrmecological News 12: 219-235.
- 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] PDF
- 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)
- 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)
