Sifolinia The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Collingwood, C. A. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica 1979 8 1 174 urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:147231 Emery Emery Insecta Formicidae Sifolinia GBIF Animalia Sifolinia Emery Hymenoptera 58 Arthropoda genus urn:lsid:biosci.ohio-state.edu:osuc_concepts:141038 Emery Emery Insecta Formicidae Sifolinia GBIF Animalia Sifolinia laurae Emery Hymenoptera 58 Arthropoda species laurae   SifoliniaEmery, 1907:49.  Queen. General shape as in Myrmicabut antennal scape relatively thick; mid and hind tibiae with pectinate spurs reduced or absent. Both petiole and postpetiole are produced ventrally into blunt projections. Male. General shape as in Myrmicabut lacking mid and hind tibial spurs. Antennae 12 segmented. Postpetiole with a blunt ventral projection, petiole thickened and swollen without defined projection. Notauli with posterior portion of Y tail reduced or absent. Wing venation of Myrmicatype but variable and often reduced.  This is a genus of workerless ants parasitic on Myrmicaspecies, with 4 or 5 species known from the palaearctic region only.