myrmicine
Collocations
4ADJ.
specialized
MYRMICINE + NOUN
ants, formicine, genus, solenopsis
PREP.
in
ADV.
generally
Definitions
adj
Of or pertaining to the ant subfamily Myrmicinae.
These data have been accumulated from the study of the specialized Myrmicine and Formicine ants of Europe and North America [...]
The discovery of tandem calling with pheromones in Leptothorax throws considerable light on the evolution of chemical recruitment techniques in myrmicine ants generally.
Of or pertaining to the ant genus Myrmica.
noun
Any ant of the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Subfamily Myrmicinae […]Species of myrmicines are most likely to be confused with species of Leptanilla or Tetraponera because of the two-segmented petiole.
The other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4). Toward the end of the ponerine expansion (Early Eocene), the myrmicines began to radiate, surpassing the ponerines in biomass and diversity.
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6These data have been accumulated from the study of the specialized Myrmicine and Formicine ants of Europe and North America [...]
WiktionaryThe discovery of tandem calling with pheromones in Leptothorax throws considerable light on the evolution of chemical recruitment techniques in myrmicine ants generally.
WiktionaryThe chemistry of the myrmicine genus Solenopsis is so aberrant that it reduces generalizations about ant venoms to the absurd.
WiktionarySubfamily Myrmicinae […]Species of myrmicines are most likely to be confused with species of Leptanilla or Tetraponera because of the two-segmented petiole.
WiktionaryThe other dominant ant subfamilies were also present but with lesser importance (fig. 1.4). Toward the end of the ponerine expansion (Early Eocene), the myrmicines began to radiate, surpassing the pon
WiktionaryThe pseudomyrmecines can only be mistaken for myrmicines, but in the former there is always a fully developed promesonotal suture that is fully articulated and flexible in fresh specimens—a character
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