- Slave-making ants or
slaver ants are
brood parasites that
capture broods of
other ant
species to
increase the
worker force of
their colony.
After emerging...
- the
genus Formica to
undertake these tasks.
Parasitic ants are
known as "
dulotics" (from the Gr**** δοῦλος doulos,
meaning a slave) and the ants they parasitise...
- of ant in the
subgenus Serviformica and
carries their brood back to the
dulotic nest (from Gr**** δοῦλος doulos, "slave"). A
mature Polyergus colony always...
- species, Formica, to
undertake these tasks. The
parasitic ants are
known as "
dulotics" (from the Gr**** δοῦλος doulos,
meaning a slave) and the ants they parasitise...
- dulotischen,
parasitischen und
myrmekophilen Ameisen" [On the
Origin of
Dulotic, Parasitic, and
Myrmecophilic Ants].
Biologisches Centralblatt (in German)...
- "[citation needed] Like
other Serviformica, this
species is
subject to
raids by
dulotic species such as
Formica sanguinea and
Polyergus rufescens where their ranges...
- or
dulotic ants and the
raided ones as
slaves or hosts, and the
pupae and
larvae of the host are
carried off. They are
taken back to the
dulotic nest...
-
September 2024). "Broad host use and
frequent polyandry in the
facultative dulotic species Formica aserva (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)".
Annals of the Entomological...
- Buschinger, A. (September 1983). "****ual
behavior and
slave raiding of the
dulotic ant,
Harpagoxenus sublaevis (Nyl.)
under field conditions (Hym., Formicidae)"...
-
which lack
teeth are not
usual for ants and are
often ****ociated with
dulotic, or slave-making,
behavior in
extant genera. In
contrast to stem group...
