Sifolinia
The Formicidae (Hymenoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark.
Collingwood, C. A.
Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica
1979
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Emery
Emery
Insecta
Formicidae
Sifolinia
GBIF
Animalia
Sifolinia Emery
Hymenoptera
58
Arthropoda
genus
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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.