Forelius pusillus explained

Forelius pusillus is a species of ant in the genus Forelius. Described by Santschi in 1922, the species is endemic to South America.[1]

Behaviour

Forelius pusillus is noted to perform "pre-emptive defensive self-sacrifice", where a group of ants leave the security of the nest after sealing the entrance from the outside each evening.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género Forelius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Sociobiology 35: 197-275 (page 263, Raised to species and senior synonym of tucumanus)
  2. Tofilski . Adam . Couvillon . Margaret J. . Evison . Sophie E. F. . Helanterä . Heikki . Robinson . Elva J. H. . Ratnieks . Francis L. W. . 2008-11-01 . Preemptive Defensive Self‐Sacrifice by Ant Workers. . The American Naturalist . 172 . 5 . E239–E243 . 10.1086/591688 . 18928332 . 7052340 . 0003-0147.

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