Rossomyrmex
Sign in to saveRossomyrmex is a genus of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus consists of four species, each with a single host from the genus Proformica, and has a very wide range of distribution from China to southeastern Spain, from huge extended plains to the top of high mountains.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
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- Species
- Distribution
- Slave-making
- Parasite–host pairs
- Raids
- Reproduction
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Rossomyrmex is a genus of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus consists of four species, each with a single host from the genus Proformica, and has a very wide range of distribution from China to southeastern Spain, from huge extended plains to the top of high mountains.
==Species== Rossomyrmex anatolicus Tinaut, 2007 – Turkey Rossomyrmex minuchae Tinaut, 1981 – Spain Rossomyrmex proformicarum Arnol'di, 1928 – Caucasus and Volga plains, Russia Rossomyrmex quandratinodum Xia & Zheng, 1995 – Kazakhstan and China