Formicoxenus nitidulus

Formicoxenus nitidulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Formicoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Hymenopterida Ordo: Hymenoptera Subordo: Apocrita Superfamilia: Formicoidea

Familia: Formicidae
Subfamilia: Myrmicinae
Tribus: Crematogastrini
Genus: Formicoxenus
Species: Formicoxenus nitidulus

Name

Formicoxenus nitidulus (Nylander, 1846:1058)

Synonyms

• Myrmica nitidula Nylander
• Myrmica laeviuscula Förster
• Myrmica leviuscula Roger
• Myrmica lucidula Smith
• Myrmica nitidula Nylander
• Stenamma laeviuscula (Förster)
• Stenamma nitidula (Nylander)
• Leptothorax nitidulus picea Wasmann

References

• Nylander, W. 1846: Additamentum adnotationum in monographiam formicarum borealium Europae. Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicae, 2: 1041–1062.
• Alain Lenoir, Christian Malosse & Ryohei Yamaoka 1997: Chemical mimicry between parasitic ants of the genus Formicoxenus and their host Myrmica (hymenoptera, Formicidae). Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 25(5): 379–389.

Vernacular names

English: Shining Guest Ant
polski: Gładyszek mrowiskowy