A Second Host Species of the Inquiline Ant Leptothorax Wilsoni

Abstract

The workerless parasitic ant, Leptothorax wilsoni, as yet known only from colonies of Leptothorax cf. canadensis, was found in five colonies of a second host species, Leptothorax sp. A (sensu Heinze and Buschinger, 1989) near Escoumins, Québec. This is the first finding of an inquiline with more than one host species in the ant tribe Formicoxenini. In contrast to a previous statement, the palp formula of L. wilsoni is 4, 3. © 1995, Hindawi Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved.