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...re are about 250 species in the genus and each fly species has a preferred host ant genus and species. |name1=Microdon-ocellaris 8191.jpg

...|Locality =|Source =|Notes =|Inline = yes}} and {{Associate|Relationship = host|Associate Type = ant|Associate Type Link = Dulosis|Associate Taxon = ''Form <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

...en logs and stumps, or rarely under stones. They may also nest in the wood of buildings, especially log cabins in forested areas. ...ap adjacent setae, but most are less than half (> than 0.15 mm) the length of the erect and suberect setae. The appressed setae on the gaster are mostly

...s may be found under stones or logs and in rotten logs and stumps in areas of rocky sand or loam. ...especially the lack of hairs on the ventral surface of the head and dorsum of the petiole, together with the elongate punctures on the gena, confirm the

...micoxenus hirticornis]]'' and ''[[Formica talbotae]]'') and a large number of guest insects (myrmecophiles and opportunists). ...alent in the Pacific Northwest and is uncommon in New Mexico. A collection of ''Formica obscuripes'' was made at Ft. Davis, Texas, in 1902 (specimen in A

|diversity_link = :category:List of species ...groups and subgenera are important considering the current taxonomic state of the genus as a whole.

...ery sheen on the gaster, due to the abundance of pubescence, the remainder of the ant is usually brownish or even reddish or yellowish brown, with the ga Most of North America and into Mexcio (Chihuahua).

...les await discovery and for many the nature of the relationship with their host is unknown. [[File:Microdon had1.jpg|thumb|right|400px|''Microdon abstrusus'' from nest of Formica exsectoides]]

...Ellison et al., 2012|Notes =|Inline = yes}} and {{Associate|Relationship = host|Associate Type = ant|Associate Type Link = Temporary Parasitism|Associate T ...l. (2012) - The large-eyed ''Lasius pallitarsis'' can be confused with any of the other three species in the ''niger'' group: ''[[Lasius neoniger]]'', ''

...ost members of the neogagates species group. It can be separated from most of the other members by having more than 10 erect hairs on the pronotum (usual <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

...carpenter ants that have both large colonies and large soldiers. The size of mature colonies is uncertain. A single nest collected in Washington state w ...the correct identity of ''C. laevigatus''. He has not seen other specimens of ''C. laevigatus'' besides the type series in The Natural History Museum (Lo

...diers during colony growth, with older colonies having a higher proportion of majors. Brood and sexuals were found in nests in June, August and September |comment5=Queen in an incipient nest under the bark of a log. Mashpee, MA USA

|diversity_link = :category:List of species ...rope and North America since early Tertiary times with only a small amount of visible evolutionary change. (Wilson 1955)

...ae have 2 rows of erect, coarse hairs that extend nearly the entire length of the tibiae, but there are usually fewer than 10 present, and most are on th <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

|diversity_link = :category:List of species ...d microhabitats and the sheer size of the genus makes any characterisation of their biology challenging. Nests are built in the ground, in rotten branche

...of numerous nests (polydomous) in moist soil and in mounds of moss. It is host for the [[Xenobiosis|xenobiotic]] ant {{Associate|Relationship = xenobiont| ...nis''. These ants were almost torpid, virtually unmoved by any positioning of the plant. Baileys Harbor, Wisconsin, USA, 28 July 2016. Photo by James Tra

...the [[Temporary Parasitism|temporary parasite]] {{Associate|Relationship = host|Associate Type = ant|Associate Type Link = Temporary Parasitism|Associate T A member of the [[Formica pallidefulva group|''Formica pallidefulva'' group]].

...(Kubota, 1965) and the short-winged mold beetle {{Associate|Relationship = host|Associate Type = Staphylinid beetle|Associate Taxon = ''Kigatrodes gracilis ...and the myrmecophytic [[Lepidoptera|butterfly]] {{Associate|Relationship = host|Associate Type = butterfly|Associate Taxon = ''Lampides argyrognomon''|Asso

...areas, where this ant can occur in high density. These ants have a subset of foragers that specialise on food robbing, where individuals will enter othe <!--END OF DISTRIBUTION LIST-->

...promesonotum normally numerous but occasionally abraded or few. Underside of mid and hind femora normally with one or more hairs at mid length. Frons co Mountains of Spain to Japan including Himalayas, Appenines to arctic Fennoscandia (Colli