Formicinae
A Dictionary of Zoology
Formicinae (suborder Apocrita, family Formicidae) Subfamily of ants which have a single
petiole segment. The tip of the
gaster is armed with an acidopore through which venom containing formic acid is ejected. The subfamily includes the weaver ants. There are about 5000 species, with a world-wide distribution. See also
OECOPHYLLA LEAKEYI.
Find more facts and information related to the .
© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999.
Related newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles from HighBeam Research
(Including press releases, facts, information, and biographies)
|
BRACHYURAN DECAPOD CRUSTACEA FROM THE UPPER CRETACEOUS OF LEBANON
; ...characters present in the two modern subfamilies Dorippinae MacLeay, 1838 and Ethusinae Guinot, 1977. Telamonocarcininae new subfamily includes the three genera, Telamonocarcinus new genus, Eodorippe Glaessner, 1980b, and Tepexicarcinus Feldmann, Vega, Applegate...
Read more
|
|
Eothalassius, a new genus of parathalassiine flies (Diptera: Empidoidea: Dolichopodidae) from Southeast Asia and Papua New Guinea
; ...coasts or river banks, including wet and dry parts of sandy beaches, dunes with sparse vegetation and wet stones. The subfamily includes six extant genera: Parathalassius Mik, 1891 (6 species), Microphorella Becker, 1909 (16 species), Plesiothalassius Ulrich...
Read more
|
|
Nuevos registros de Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera) para Colombia.(Zoología)
; ...which the peritreme has a dorsal ridge entire or shortly bilobed, not with a I'-shape (Dolling 1977, 1978, 1986). The subfamily includes 28 genera distributed in all geographic areas, except non-tropical Australia (Dolling 1986). The species of Pseudophloeinae...
Read more
|
|
Ostracoda (Myodocopina) of Tutuila, American Samoa (1).
; ...Kornicker, 1970. Only the former is in the collection reported here. Subfamily Cypridininae Baird, 1850 COMPOSITION: This subfamily includes two tribes, Cypridinini Baird, 1850, and Gigantocypridinini Hartmann & Puri, 1974. Only the former is in the collection...
Read more
|
|
Drosophila crinkled, Mutations of Which Disrupt Morphogenesis and Cause Lethality, Encodes Fly Myosin VIIA
; ...conserved phylogenetically in metazoa and amoebozoa (Dictyostelium) but is lacking in sequenced fungal and plant species. The subfamily includes myosin VIIA, myosin VIIB, myosin VII (from species that do not have distinct myosin VIIA and myosin VIIB genes, see below...
Read more
|
For more facts and information,
see all related premium articles
Related entries from encyclopedias, dictionaries, and thesauruses
|
weaver ants
weaver ants See FORMICINAE ; OECOPHYLLA LEAKEYI .
Read more
|
|
|
Oecophylla leakeyi
Oecophylla leakeyi Species of weaver ant (subfamily Formicinae ) whose early Miocene remains, from Mfwangano Island ( L. Victoria), illustrate the early development of ant society. Remains of...
Read more
|
