Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. – a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)

By

Seifert, Bernhard
Kleeberg, Isabelle
Feldmeyer, Barbara
Pamminger, Tobias
Jongepier, Evelien
Foitzik, Susanne

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2014

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

368

Pages

65-77

Subjects

dulosis , morphometrics , Nearctic region , slave-raiding behavior , Temnothorax

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.368.6423

 

Abstract

A new species of the ant genus Temnothorax Forel, 1890 – Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. is described from eastern North America. T. pilagens sp. n. is an obligate slave-making ant with two known hosts: T. longispinosus (Roger, 1863) and T. ambiguus (Emery, 1895). 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.