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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Formicinae » Formicini » Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants (Formica) » pallidefulva group (Formica pallidefulva group) » Formica archboldi

Species Formica archboldi

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Habitat · Remarks · Print References · Internet References
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Formicinae
Tribe Formicini
Genus Formica (Wood ants, mound ants, & field ants)
No Taxon (pallidefulva group)
Species archboldi (Formica archboldi)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Formica archboldi Smith, M.R., 1944
Range
GA, AL, FL; most abundant in northern FL
Habitat
Scrub and sandhill
Remarks
Workers are adept at killing trap-jaw ants (Odontomachus), which they decapitate. The Odontomachus heads are stored in the F. archboldi nest. F. archboldi match the cuticular hydrocarbon profiles of the species of Odontomachus that they occur with.
Print References
Smith, A. A. (2018). Prey specialization and chemical mimicry between Formica archboldi and Odontomachus ants. Insectes Sociaux, 1-12.
Internet References
AntWiki
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 11 March, 2007 - 1:45pm
Additional contributions by metrioptera
Last updated 18 April, 2019 - 6:06pm

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