Myrmica lonae

Myrmica lonae
worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Myrmicini
Genus: Myrmica
Species: M. lonae
Binomial name
Myrmica lonae
Finzi, 1926

Myrmica lonae is a species of ants distributed across South, Central and North Europe, East Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, West Siberian Plain and Northern Kazakhstan. It inhabits humid meadows both in the plains and in the mountains. It nests in the ground, under stones or in moss. It forms polygynous colonies with up to 1000 workers or more.

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