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Myrmoxenus gordiagini

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	ARTHROPODA	INSECTA	HYMENOPTERA	FORMICIDAE

Scientific Name:	Myrmoxenus gordiagini
Species Authority:	Ruzsky, 1902
Synonym/s:	Myrmecoxenus gordiagini Ruzsky, 1902 [orthographic error]

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:	Vulnerable D2 ver 2.3
Year Published:	1996
Annotations:	Needs updating
Assessor/s:	Social Insects Specialist Group
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Geographic Range [top]

Countries:	Native: Croatia; Russian Federation
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Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species is a slave-making ant that conducts slave raids with group recruitments and sting fighting. Forms colonies with the host ant Leptothorax unifasciatus. Colonies inhabit narrow galleries between and underneath small stones on rocky hill slopes in deciduous forest (birch and spruce forests).
Systems:	Terrestrial

Citation:	Social Insects Specialist Group 1996. Myrmoxenus gordiagini. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 22 May 2013.
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