Paratrechina (Collingwood, C. A. 1979)
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Ordo: Hymenoptera
Familia: Formicidae
Genus: Paratrechina
Name
Paratrechina longicornis Collingwood, C. A., 1979 – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
- Paratrechina longicornis Collingwood, C. A., 1979, Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8: 108-110.
Description
Mandibles narrow; palp formula 6, 4. Antennae 12 segmented in female castes, 13 segmented in males. Eyes set at or in front of mid length of head. Ocelli absent in workers. Propodeum and scale unarmed. Petiole scale reduced inclined forward, in many species overhung by first gaster segment. Dorsal surface of head, alitrunk and gaster with paired coarse setae.
Distribution
A pantropical genus with many species including a few in temperate Asia and several cosmopolitan species of which two are frequently introduced on plant material into Europe and become established in heated premises.
Biology and Ecology
Paratrechina longicornisHNS (Latr.) (Fig. 156) is of frequent occurrence in the British Isles. Established colonies may be very populous with many queens and are difficult to eradicate. Paratrechina vividulaHNS (Nyl.) (Fig. 157) has been recorded from heated glasshouses in botanic gardens in Denmark, Uppsala and Goteborg in Sweden and Helsinki in Finland as well as many places in the British Isles.
Taxon Treatment
- Collingwood, C. A.; 1979: The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark., Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 8: 108-110. doi
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