- the
Polyergus as "raiders", "pirates", or "kidnappers". They also
describe the
Formica workers as "helper-ants" or "domesticated animals".
Polyergus obtains...
- "Species:
Polyergus (rufescens) rufescens". AntWeb.
Retrieved 2013-11-12. Trager,
James C. (2013). "Global
revision of the
genus Polyergus". Zootaxa....
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captured workers were
removed from
colonies of
Formica sanguinea and
Polyergus rufescens, the
behavior of F.
sanguinea changed dramatically within 30...
- What
makes Polyergus special is the way a
newly mated queen can, all by herself, take over a
Formica nest and
start a new colony.
Polyergus workers emerge...
- slave-making ant,
Polyergus lucidus". Psyche: A
Journal of Entomology. 94 (1–2): 39–44. doi:10.1155/1987/47105.
Media related to
Polyergus lucidus at Wikimedia...
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Polyergus samurai is a
species of slave-making ant in the
subfamily Formicinae. It was long
thought endemic to ****an, but is now also
known from Korea...
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Polyergus mexic**** is a
species of slave-making ant in the
subfamily Formicinae. It is the most
widely distributed species of
Polyergus in
North America...
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Polyergus nigerrimus is a
species of slave-making ant in the
subfamily Formicinae. It is
native to Russia.
Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). "Polyergus...
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modification of
mandibles is rare,
except in the
genera Myrmoteras and
Polyergus. However, some
members show
considerable evolutionary advancement in behaviors...
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benefit to the ants. F.
cunicularia is a host of the slave-making ant
Polyergus rufescens.
Slave makers P.
rufescens will raid to kill
adults in the F...
