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Anergates is a single-species genus of tetramorine Myrmicine ants. It is a worker-less obligate parasite to Tetramorium caespitum, the "lawn ant" or "pavement ant", and is thought to have evolved as an aberrant form of the genus Tetramorium. The conservation status of a species is an indicator of the likelihood of that species continuing to survive. ...
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A vulnerable species is one whose chances of extinction characterize it as threatened but not quite as endangered. ...
Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...
Phyla Subregnum Parazoa Porifera Subregnum Eumetazoa Placozoa Orthonectida Rhombozoa Radiata (unranked) Ctenophora Cnidaria Bilateria (unranked) Acoelomorpha Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia Chordata Hemichordata Echinodermata Chaetognatha Superphylum Ecdysozoa Kinorhyncha Loricifera Priapulida Nematoda Nematomorpha Onychophora Tardigrada Arthropoda Superphylum Platyzoa Platyhelminthes Gastrotricha Rotifera Acanthocephala Gnathostomulida Micrognathozoa Cycliophora Superphylum Lophotrochozoa Sipuncula Nemertea Phoronida Bryozoa Entoprocta Brachiopoda...
Subphyla and Classes Subphylum Trilobitomorpha Trilobita - trilobites (extinct) Subphylum Chelicerata Arachnida - spiders,scorpions, etc. ...
Classes & Orders Class Insecta (insects) Unplaced orders: Order Diplura Order Collembola (springtails) Order Protura The subphylum Hexapoda constitutes the largest (in terms of number of species) grouping of arthropods and includes the insects as well as a few much smaller groups of wingless arthropods closely related to insects: Collembola, Protura...
Orders See taxonomy Insects are invertebrates that are taxonomically referred to as the class Insecta. ...
Orders Palaeodictyoptera - extinct Ephemeroptera (mayflies) Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) Infraclass Neoptera Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea (rock crawlers) Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids) Phasmatodea (walking sticks, timemas) Embioptera (webspinners) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Superorder Hemipterodea Psocoptera (booklice, barklice) Phthiraptera (lice) Hemiptera (true bugs) Thysanoptera (thrips) Superorder...
Orders Blattodea (cockroaches) Mantodea (mantids) Isoptera (termites) Zoraptera Grylloblattodea Dermaptera (earwigs) Plecoptera (stoneflies) Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets, katydids) Phasmatodea (walking sticks, timemas) Embioptera (webspinners) Mantophasmatodea (gladiators) Superorder Hemipterodea Psocoptera (booklice, barklice) Phthiraptera (lice) Hemiptera (true bugs) Thysanoptera (thrips) Superorder Endopterygota Miomoptera - extinct Megaloptera (alderflies, etc. ...
Orders Coleoptera (beetles) Diptera (flies and relatives) Hymenoptera (wasps and relatives) Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) Mecoptera Megaloptera Miomoptera (extinct) Neuroptera Raphidioptera (snakeflies) Siphonaptera (fleas) Strepsiptera Trichoptera (caddisflies) The Endopterygota, also known as Holometabola, are insects of the subclass Pterygota which go through distinctive larval, pupal, and adult stages. ...
Suborders Apocrita Symphyta Many families, see article Hymenoptera is one of the larger orders of Insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. ...
Superfamilies Apoidea Ceraphronoidea Chalcidoidea Chrysidoidea Cynipoidea Evanioidea Ichneumonoidea Megalyroidea Proctotrupoidea Sphecoidea Stephanoidea Triganalyoidea Vespoidea Many families, see article Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. ...
Vespoidea is a Superfamily of Order Hymenoptera of Class Insecta, although other taxonomic schemes may vary in this categorization. ...
Subfamilies Aenictinae Aenictogitoninae Aneuretinae Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dolichoderinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicinae Leptanillinae Leptanilloidinae Myrmeciinae Myrmicinae Nothomyrmeciinae Ponerinae Pseudomyrmecinae Ants are social insects that belong to the same order as the wasps and bees. ...
Tribes Basicerotini Dacetini Phalacromyrmecini Cephalotini Attini Blepharidattini Stenammini Solenopsidini Myrmicini Tetramoriini Pheidolini Crematogastrini Meranoplini Formicoxenini Melissotarsini Myrmecinini The Myrmicinae are a subfamily of Ants. ...
Genera Anergates Decamorium Rhoptromyrmex Secostruma Strongylognathus Teleutomyrmex Tetramorium Tetramoriini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ...
In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal method of naming species. ...
Auguste-Henri Forel (September 1, 1848 _ July 27, 1931) was a Swiss myrmecologist, neuroanatomist and psychiatrist, notable for his investigations into the brain structure of humans and ants. ...
In biology, a genus (plural genera) is a taxonomic grouping. ...
Genera Anergates Decamorium Rhoptromyrmex Secostruma Strongylognathus Teleutomyrmex Tetramorium Tetramoriini is a tribe of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ...
Tribes Basicerotini Dacetini Phalacromyrmecini Cephalotini Attini Blepharidattini Stenammini Solenopsidini Myrmicini Tetramoriini Pheidolini Crematogastrini Meranoplini Formicoxenini Melissotarsini Myrmecinini The Myrmicinae are a subfamily of Ants. ...
Subfamilies Aenictinae Aenictogitoninae Aneuretinae Apomyrminae Cerapachyinae Dolichoderinae Dorylinae Ecitoninae Formicinae Leptanillinae Leptanilloidinae Myrmeciinae Myrmicinae Nothomyrmeciinae Ponerinae Pseudomyrmecinae Ants are social insects that belong to the same order as the wasps and bees. ...
Its distribution is local over Eurosiberia and eastern parts of North America, broadly following that of its hosts. It is present but local in southern parts of Great Britain, having first been discovered in the UK by H. St. J. K. Donisthorpe and W. C. Crawley on July 23rd, 1912 in the New Forest. World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...
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July 23 is the 204th day (205th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 161 days remaining. ...
1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
For other uses, see New Forest (disambiguation). ...
Since, unlike many other obligate social parasites, Anergates is never known to coexist with the host colony's fertile queen, every Anergates-Tetramorium colony is doomed to survive only the lifespan of the youngest Tetramorium workers. Thus, the parasitic queen has very limited scope for producing alates to secure the next generation, as this time span is often only 2-3 years or fewer. As a result, even within its well-established range, Anergates is very scarce, with only a tiny proportion of Tetramorium colonies playing host to this parasite.
Type species: Myrmica atratula Schenck, 1852. 1852 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...
The genus name combines the Greek of "to work" έργατης with the negative prefix α, on account of its parasitic nature.
Species Anergates atratulus (Schenck, 1852)
See also
- List of parasitic ant species
- Tetramorium caespitum
- Strongylodus testaceus (another parasite of Tetramorium found in the UK)
- Horace Donisthorpe (myrmecologist who first recorded this species in Britain, and the first to make a detailed study of its habits)
- List of ant genera (alphabetical)
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The following is a thusfar incomplete list of worldwide ant genera. ...
References - Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). Anergates atratulus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Listed as Vulnerable (VU D2 v2.3)
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