This image shows a worker of temnothorax pilagens, the newly described slavemaking ant species. Theyre small pests at best and fullblown infestations at worst. The three slavemakers differ in evolutionary age and origin fig. It raids the acorn castles of other insects temnothorax longispinosus and temnothorax ambiguous and captures them as slaves and has been nicknamed the pillage ant. A differential diagnosis against temnothorax duloticus wesson, 1937, the other dulotic congener from the nearctic, is presented and a biological characteristics of the new species is given. Buzzin bee tattoo designs and ideas tattooblend many people see bees as unnecessary pests that should be avoided at all costs but if you take a little time to get to know them y. They scurry all around us, and we rarely even notice. Note that crematogaster ants are flexible enough to point their gaster in almost any direction. Abstractabstracta new species of the ant genus temnothorax forel, 1890 temnothorax pilagens sp. Temnothorax pilagens occurs more often in sites with both host species, than in areas with t. An acorn ant temnothorax curvispinosus worker investigates a cavity in a hollow plant stem only to be chased away by a previous occupant. The fossilized remains of a 408millionyearold fish species have been found in spain, a study reports. The influence of slavemaking lifestyle, caste and sex on. A new species of the ant genus temnothorax forel, 1890 temnothorax pilagens sp.
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