Pseudomyrmex gracilis
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Description: Photographs and information on the elongate or Mexican twig ant, its distribution, description, life cycle, nests, hosts, damage and management.
elongate twig ant - Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) common name: elongate twig ant, Mexican twig ant (suggested common names) (Fabricius) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Pseudomyrmecinae) (Fabricius), often called the elongate or Mexican twig ant, is a neotropical, arboreal ant best known for its associations with plants and its terrible sting (Wheeler and Wheeler 1956, Ward 1990). This ant belongs to the subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae and is described as a long, solitary, wasp-like ant (Ward 1990, Ferster et al. 2000). It feeds on live insects (especially lepidopteran larvae), fungus spores, and tends aphids for honeydew (Whitcomb et al. 1972, Ferster et al. 2000).
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| Page title: | elongate twig ant - Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) |
| Keywords: | elongate twig ant, Mexican twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis Hymenoptera Formicidae Pseudomyrmecinae Patricia Toth |
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| NS | Name Servers: NS.NAME.UFL.EDU 128.227.30.254 RNS.NAME.UFL.EDU 8.6.245.30 |
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| Date | activated: 25-Mar-1986 last updated: 03-Feb-2014 expires: 31-Jul-2014 |