Myrmica lampra
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Myrmica lampra is a species of ant
found in Quebec
, named in 1968 by Andre Francoeur. The species is evidently inquiline
(it lives in the nest of other Myrmica species).
Ant
Ants are social insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the mid-Cretaceous period between 110 and 130 million years ago and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than...
found in Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, named in 1968 by Andre Francoeur. The species is evidently inquiline
Inquiline
In zoology, an inquiline is an animal that lives commensally in the nest, burrow, or dwelling place of an animal of another species. For example, some organisms such as insects may live in the homes of gophers and feed on debris, fungi, roots, etc...
(it lives in the nest of other Myrmica species).