| Formica subintegra | |
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| Formica subintegra worker | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Formica |
| Species: | F. subintegra
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| Binomial name | |
| Formica subintegra Wheeler, 1908
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Formica subintegra is a species of slave-making ant in the genus Formica.1 Formica subintegra seems to be obligate parasites, enslaving ants of the fusca group of Formica. The ants are not active outside the nest except during slave-raids; foraging is conducted entirely by their slaves, which make up 70-90% of the colony.2
References
References
- Bolton, B. (2015). "Formica subintegra". AntCat. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
- Apple, J. L.; Lewandowski, S. L.; Levine, J. L. (2014). "Nest relocation in the slavemaking ants Formica subintegra and Formica pergandei: a response to host nest availability that increases raiding success". Insectes Sociaux. 61 (4): 347–356. doi:10.1007/s00040-014-0359-1. S2CID 253643003.