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Tetramorium immigrans—also known as the immigrant pavement ant, pavement ant, [note 1] and the sugar ant in parts of North America [1] [note 2] —is an ant native to Europe, which also occurs as an introduced pest in North America. Its common name comes from the fact that colonies in North America usually make their nests under pavement ...
This revision also elevated the pavement ant introduced to North America as the species T. immigrans rather than the previous designation as a subspecies of T. caespitum. These 10 species in the T. caespitum complex are as follows: [4] Tetramorium alpestre Steiner, Schlick-Steiner & Seifert, 2010; Tetramorium breviscapus Wagner et al., 2017
Tetramorium caespitum, also known as the red pavement ant, is a species of Myrmicine ant native to Europe, Morocco, and western Asia, but now found on many other continents as a tramp species. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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Ants have come to occupy virtually all major terrestrial habitats, with the exception of tundra and cold ever-wet forests. They display a wide range of social behaviors, foraging habits and associations with other organisms, which has generated scientific and public interest. [1] The following is a list of worldwide ant genera organised by ...
First spotted in New York City in 2011, the “ManhattAnt” has been identified as a European species. Experts are still learning about its effects on the ecosystem.
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 ...
The name army ant (or legionary ant or marabunta [1]) is applied to over 200 ant species in different lineages. Because of their aggressive predatory foraging groups, known as "raids", a huge number of ants forage simultaneously over a limited area.