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Shining Guest Ant

Formicoxenus nitidulus

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 40, February 30, March 46, April 73, May 105, June 115, July 123, August 106, September 78, October 58, November 32, December 25.
United States830
Alaska830
Netherlands14
Belgium9
Gelderland9
Vlaams Gewest9
Czechia8
Russia5
Moscow Oblast4
China3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Ecological

  • ColonialFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyAnts · Formicidae
GenusGuest Ants · Formicoxenus

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