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Florida Carpenter Ant
''Camponotus floridanus'', or Florida carpenter ant, is a species of ant in the genus '' Camponotus''. First described as ''Formica floridana'' by Buckley in 1866, the species was moved to '' Camponotus'' by Mayr in 1886. The ant is widespread in Florida and occurs as far north as North Carolina and as far west as Mississippi. Description ''Camponotus floridanus'' is one of the most familiar ant species in Florida owing both to its large size and conspicuous coloration. Workers and queens are bicolored, having a reddish-orange head and a bright to dullish orange colored mesosoma and legs, contrasted sharply by a deep black gaster. Male alates of this species are more concolorous, primarily ranging in the rusty to cider oranges. ''Camponotus floridanus'' can be distinguished from its visually similar, but smaller relative ''Camponotus tortuganus'' by its wider than long head, smaller but stockier legs relative to the body, and overall stouter build. Queens on average vary 14� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formica
''Formica'' is a genus of ants of the family Formicidae, commonly known as wood ants, mound ants, thatching ants, and field ants. ''Formica'' is the type genus of the Formicidae, and of the subfamily Formicinae. The type species of genus ''Formica'' is the European red wood ant ''Formica rufa''. Ants of this genus tend to be between 4 and 8 mm long. Habitat As the name wood ant implies, many ''Formica'' species live in wooded areas where no shortage of material exists with which they can thatch their mounds (often called anthills). One shade-tolerant species is '' F. lugubris''. However, sunlight is important to most ''Formica'' species, and colonies rarely survive for any considerable period in deeply shaded, dense woodland. The majority of species, especially outside the ''F. rufa'' species group, are inhabitants of more open woodlands or treeless grassland or shrubland. In North America, at least, these habitats had a long history of frequent landscape-scale fires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustav Mayr
Gustav L. Mayr (12 October 1830 – 14 July 1908) was an Austrian entomologist and professor in Budapest and Vienna. He specialised in Hymenoptera, being particularly known for his studies of ants.1908. Obituary. Prof. Gustav Mayr. Entomological News 19:396 Bibliography In 1868, he was the first to describe the Argentine ant. He is credited with naming the species, ''Aphaenogaster treatae'', for naturalist Mary Davis Treat, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camponotus Tortuganus
''Camponotus tortuganus'' is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. References Further reading * tortuganus Articles created by Qbugbot Insects described in 1895 {{ant-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florida Carpenter Ant
''Camponotus floridanus'', or Florida carpenter ant, is a species of ant in the genus '' Camponotus''. First described as ''Formica floridana'' by Buckley in 1866, the species was moved to '' Camponotus'' by Mayr in 1886. The ant is widespread in Florida and occurs as far north as North Carolina and as far west as Mississippi. Description ''Camponotus floridanus'' is one of the most familiar ant species in Florida owing both to its large size and conspicuous coloration. Workers and queens are bicolored, having a reddish-orange head and a bright to dullish orange colored mesosoma and legs, contrasted sharply by a deep black gaster. Male alates of this species are more concolorous, primarily ranging in the rusty to cider oranges. ''Camponotus floridanus'' can be distinguished from its visually similar, but smaller relative ''Camponotus tortuganus'' by its wider than long head, smaller but stockier legs relative to the body, and overall stouter build. Queens on average vary 14� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blochmannia
''Blochmannia'' is a genus of symbiotic bacteria found in carpenter ant. There are over 1000 species of these ants and, as of 2014, of the over 30 species of carpenter ant that have been investigated, all contain some form of ''Blochmannia''. The bacteria filled cells currently known as members of the genus ''Blochmannia'' were first discovered by zoologist F. Blochmann in the ovaries and midguts of insects in the 1880s. In 2000 ''Candidatus Blochmannia'' was proposed as its own genus. Endosymbiosis, or when the ''Blochmannia'' bacteria and the ant hosts became bonded, occurred around 30–40 million years ago. In comparing two species of ''Blochmannia'' that diverged evolutionarily around 15-20 million years ago, the extreme similarity between their genes means ''Blochmannia'' bacteria have high levels of genetic conservation. The high amounts of genetic conservation suggest that the ''Blochmannia'' genes lack some recombination mechanisms. ''Blochmannia'' bacteri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bacteriocyte
A bacteriocyte (Greek for ''bacteria cell''), also known as a mycetocyte, is a specialized adipocyte found primarily in certain insect groups such as aphids, tsetse flies, German cockroaches, weevils. These cells contain endosymbiotic organisms such as bacteria and fungi, which provide essential amino acids and other chemicals to their host. Bacteriocytes may aggregate into a specialized organ called the bacteriome. Endosymbiosis with microorganisms is common in insects. More than 10% of insect species rely upon intracellular bacteria for their development and survival.Baumann P, Moran NA, Baumann L, editors. (2000) Bacteriocyte-associated endosymbionts of insects. In: Dworkin M, editor. The prokaryotes nline New York: Springer. Available: http://link.springer.de/link/service/books/10125/. Endosymbionts and their relationships with their hosts are diverse both functionally and genetically. However, the host cell in which bacterial and fungal endosymbionts reside is mostl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hymenoptera Of North America
Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. Over 150,000 living species of Hymenoptera have been described, in addition to over 2,000 extinct ones. Many of the species are parasitic. Females typically have a special ovipositor for inserting eggs into hosts or places that are otherwise inaccessible. This ovipositor is often modified into a stinger. The young develop through holometabolism (complete metamorphosis)—that is, they have a wormlike larval stage and an inactive pupal stage before they mature. Etymology The name Hymenoptera refers to the wings of the insects, but the original derivation is ambiguous. All references agree that the derivation involves the Ancient Greek πτερόν (''pteron'') for wing. The Ancient Greek ὑμήν (''hymen'') for membrane provides a plausible etymology for the term because species in this order have membranous wings. However, a key characteristic of this order is that the hindwings are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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