Navajo Honeypot Ant
Myrmecocystus navajo
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
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Myrmecocystus is a North American genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It is one of five genera that includes honeypot ants. Worker ants keep and tend plerergates, which are other ants that store large quantities of nutritious fluid in their abdomens to feed the colony during famine times.
Myrmecocystus es un género de hormigas de la familia Formicidae que habitan en Norteamérica. Es uno de los cinco géneros de hormigas melíferas, que almacenan miel en su metasoma hasta que este se hincha de forma desproporcionada, para servir como auténticos depósitos vivientes de alimento durante temporadas de hambre. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes: Myrmecocystus arenarius Snelling, 1982 Myrmecocystus christineae Snelling, 1982 Myrmecocystus colei Snelling, 1976 Myrmecocystus creightoni Snelling, 1971 Myrmecocystus depilis Forel, 1901 Myrmecocystus ewarti Snelling, 1971…
Distribution
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