Harpagoxenus

Collingwood, C. A., 1979, The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8, pp. 1-174 : 78

publication ID

6175

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6283810

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3B5B8FB8-F52D-AAFB-E603-74447989E1C3

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Christiana

scientific name

Harpagoxenus
status

 

Genus Harpagoxenus View in CoL   HNS Forel, 1893

Harpagoxenus   HNS Forel, 1893: 167.

Type-species: Myrmica sublaevis Nylander   HNS , 1849.

Workers and queens. Head large, subrectangular with broad edentate mandibles. Both petiole and postpetiole have strongly developed ventral tooth-like projections. Palp formula 5:3. Antennae 11 segmented.

Male. Similar to Leptothorax acervorum   HNS but with ventral projecting tooth on postpetiole as in female castes. Antennae 12 segmented.

This genus contains at most 2 or 3 palaearctic and 1 North American species living in semi-parasitic dulotic relationship with members of the closely related genus Leptothorax   HNS

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Formicidae

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