Temnothorax rugatulus

Temnothorax rugatulus
Temnothorax rugatulus worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Temnothorax
Species: T. rugatulus
Binomial name
Temnothorax rugatulus
(Emery, 1895)

Temnothorax rugatulus is a species of ant in the genus Temnothorax.[1] It is found in North America.[2] Colonies are either monogynous (with single reproductive queen) or polygynous (multiple queens). Queens in monogynous colonies are generally larger (marcogynes), about twice the size of conspecific workers; polygynous colonies have smaller queens (microgynes), typically slightly smaller than the workers.[3] It is known that some of its specializations in colonies include being lazy.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Temnothorax rugatulus". AntCat. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Rüppell, O.; Heinze, J.; Hölldobler, B. (1998). "Size-dimorphism in the queens of the North American ant Leptothorax rugatulus (Emery)". Insectes Sociaux 45: 67. doi:10.1007/s000400050069.
  3. ↑ Mackay, W. P. (2000). "A review of the New World ants of the subgenus Myrafant, (genus Leptothorax) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology 36: 265–444.
  4. ↑ Charbonneau, D., & Dornhaus, A. (2015). Workers ‘specialized’on inactivity: Behavioral consistency of inactive workers and their role in task allocation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 69(9), 1459-1472.

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