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Megalomyrmex symmetochus is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is native to Panama. [1] This ant is also known as the parasitic guest ant. M. symmetochus was discovered by William M. Wheeler in late July 1924 in the fungus gardens of the attine Sericomyrmex amabilis of Barro Colorado Island. [2]
Megalomyrmex is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. The genus is known only from the Neotropics , where some of the species are specialized parasites or predators of Attini . [ 1 ] [ 3 ]
Tetramorium atratulum is a rare workerless socially parasitic ant from the Palaearctic region, which has even been introduced together with its host in North America. This extreme inquiline is represented only by female and pupoid type male individuals, whose morphology and anatomy indicate a highly specialized level of parasitism.
Tetramorium inquilinum is an ectoparasitic ant found in Europe. It was discovered by Swiss myrmecologist Heinrich Kutter. [3] The species is unusual for lacking a worker caste, the queens and males living entirely off the care of the pavement ant. [4] It has been called "the 'ultimate' parasitic ant" by myrmecologists Edward O. Wilson and Bert ...
Formicoxenus nitidulus, or the shining guest ant, is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is found in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, and Switzerland. The International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed it as being a vulnerable species. [1]
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, [2] [3] in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. [4] Many of the species are parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise ...
C.Z. Guest, portrayed by Chloe Sevigny in 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans,' was one of the few Swans to not cut Truman Capote out of her life entirely.
Myrmecia inquilina is a large species, though it is smaller than its host. [2] The body length of the ant is 21.4 millimetres (0.84 in), the head including the clypeus is 2.9 millimetres (0.11 in), the antennal scape 3.5 millimetres (0.14 in) and the diameter of the eyes are 1.25 millimetres (0.05 in).