Polyergus mexicanus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Formicidae
- Genus
- Polyergus
- Species
- Polyergus mexicanus
- Scientific Name
- Polyergus mexicanus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Polyergus mexicanus
Polyergus mexicanus is a species of slave-making ant in the subfamily Formicinae. It is the most widely distributed species of Polyergus in North America. It is an obligatory social parasite, unable to feed itself or look after the colony and reliant on ants of another species, Formica, to undertake these tasks. The parasitic ants are known as "dulotics" (from the Greek δοῦλος doulos, meaning a slave) and the ants they parasitise are known as "hosts".
...Polyergus mexicanus in languages:
- English
- Western Amazon Ant
- English
- Mexican Amazon Ant
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
We recommend you sign up for this excellent, free service.















































































































