Foothills Amazon Ant

Polyergus montivagus

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

Polyergus is a small genus of ants with 14 described species. They are also referred to by the names "slave-raiding ants" and "Amazon ants". They are characterized by their habit of raiding nests (of Formica) for workers.

Distribution

Foothills Amazon Ant — (c) Emmett Collins-Sussman, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Emmett Collins-Sussman · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 28

Sources and credits

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Foothills Amazon Ant

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