Formicoxenus
- Dataset
- The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Formicidae
- genus
- Formicoxenus
description
Worker and queen. Small, shining, narrow bodied ants. Antennae 11 segmented; palp formula 4: 3. Postpetiole with peg-like ventral process directed forward. Males. Apterous, ergatoid without wing sclerites. Antennae 12 segmented. Postpetiole as in female castes.
distribution
This is a palaearctic genus with 2 species only; a similar species Leptothorax diversipilosus M. Smith, occurs in North America.
Name
- Homonyms
- Formicoxenus