Temnothorax pilagens sp. n. - a new slave-making species of the tribe Formicoxenini from North America (Hymenoptera, Formicidae).
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.
Senckenberg Museum for Natural History Goerlitz, Am Museum 1, D - 02826 Goerlitz, Germany.
Bernhard
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Seifert
Evolutionary Biology, Department Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johannes von Müller Weg 6, D - 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Isabelle
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Kleeberg
Evolutionary Biology, Department Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johannes von Müller Weg 6, D - 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Barbara
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Feldmeyer
Evolutionary Biology, Department Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johannes von Müller Weg 6, D - 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Tobias
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Pamminger
Evolutionary Biology, Department Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johannes von Müller Weg 6, D - 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Evelien
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Jongepier
Evolutionary Biology, Department Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Johannes von Müller Weg 6, D - 55099 Mainz, Germany.
Susanne
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Foitzik
Nearctic region; Temnothorax; dulosis; morphometrics; slave-raiding behavior