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Proformica

{{Short description|Genus of ants}}

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|image = Proformica nasuta casent0101912 profile 1.jpg

|image_caption = Proformica nasuta worker from Spain

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|taxon = Proformica

|authority = Ruzsky, 1902

|type_species = Formica nasuta

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|diversity_link = #Species

|diversity = 27 species

|diversity_ref = {{AntCat|429358|Proformica|2014|accessdate=5 July 2014}}

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Proformica is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is known from the Palearctic realm, from Mongolia through Central Asia to Spain. Colonies are small, generally containing a few hundred individuals, with a single queen (monogyne) or multiple ergatogyne queens. Unique in the tribe Formicini, some species have specialized workers ("honeypot ants") gorged with food; they function as living storage containers.

Parasite host

Four species are host to obligate slave-making ants in the genus Rossomyrmex, with each species forming a coevolving pair:

Species

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|File:Proformica striaticeps 193578837.jpg|P. striaticeps from Greece

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See also

  • Rossomyrmex, genus of ant that parasitizes Proformica species

References

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{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Proformica&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Proformica |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=23 September 2013}}

{{cite journal |last=Agosti |first=D. |date=1994 |title=The phylogeny of the ant tribe Formicini (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with the description of a new genus. |url=https://zenodo.org/record/27079 |journal=Systematic Entomology |volume=19 |issue= 2|pages=93–117 |doi=10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00581.x|bibcode=1994SysEn..19...93A |s2cid=83590673 }}

{{citation | last1 = Ruano | first1 = F. | last2 = Sanllorente | first2 = O. | last3 = Lenoir | first3 = A. | last4 = Tinaut | first4 = A. | title = Rossomyrmex, the Slave-Maker Ants from the Arid Steppe Environments | doi = 10.1155/2013/541804 | journal = Psyche: A Journal of Entomology | volume = 2013 | pages = 1–7| year = 2013 | doi-access = free }}

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External links

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Category:Formicinae

Category:Ant genera

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