. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. FIG. 259. Formicoxenus nitidnlns. (Original.) a, Worker; b. ergatomorphic male. slender, shining, yellowish-red ant, which much resembles certain spe-cies of Leptothorax, have been described by Adlerz (1884), Forel (1874,i886d), Wasmann (1891/1) and Janet (1897?). I* s a sub-boreal speciesand nests only in the interior of the great debris mounds of Formicarnfa and F. pratensis. Here it excavates small chambers which commu-nicate by means of slender passages with the galleries and chambers ofits much larger hosts. Wasmann found a colony of Form
. Ants; their structure, development and behavior. FIG. 259. Formicoxenus nitidnlns. (Original.) a, Worker; b. ergatomorphic male. slender, shining, yellowish-red ant, which much resembles certain spe-cies of Leptothorax, have been described by Adlerz (1884), Forel (1874,i886d), Wasmann (1891/1) and Janet (1897?). I* s a sub-boreal speciesand nests only in the interior of the great debris mounds of Formicarnfa and F. pratensis. Here it excavates small chambers which commu-nicate by means of slender passages with the galleries and chambers ofits much larger hosts. Wasmann found a colony of Formicoxenusinhabiting the cavity of an old cocoon of Cetonia floricola, a chaferwhich passes its larval and pupal stages at the bottom of rnfa guest-ant moves about freely among its host who treats it with THE COMPOUND NESTS. 43l indifference. Some observers have occasionally noticed slight indica-tions of hostility between the two species. When the rufa moves toa new nest the Formicoxeni follow in the files of the host, carryingone anothe
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