INBIOTEC 24408
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN BIODIVERSIDAD Y BIOTECNOLOGIA
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Third Argentine record of Eurhopalotrhix bruchi (Santschi, 1922) (Hymenoptera, Formicidae), description of an interomorphic queen and the colony, and notes on biology and ecology
Autor/es:
ARCUSA, JUAN M:; ARMANDO CICCHINO
Revista:
Check List
Editorial:
Pensoft
Referencias:
Lugar: Sofía; Año: 2018 p. 329 - 334
ISSN:
1809-127x
Resumen:
Eurhopalothrix bruchi is the only species of the genus present in Argentina. We present only the third record of this species from Argentina and describe for the first time the female and characteristics of the colony. The nest collected had 48 workers, 6 queens, and 4 pupae. The queens are characterized as wingless, without wing sclerites, and worker- like. The scarcity of pre-imaginal stages suggests that fission of the colony led to the nest?s foundation.
