First record and new host record of the obligate dulotic ant, Polyergus bicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in Alberta, Canada

Authors

Christine E. Sosiak, New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mari West, University of California, Riverside
James R.N. Glasier, Environment Division

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2019

Abstract

We describe the discovery of Polyergus bicolor, an obligate slave-making ant species, as a new provincial record in Alberta. This species was previously known mostly from eastern Canada and the northeastern United States and has been sparsely collected: Only once in the past 50 years. Polyergus bicolor was discovered parasitizing Formica podzolica, which is also a new host for the species. This discovery marks a significant expansion of both range and host for P. bicolor.

Identifier

85085946722 (Scopus)

Publication Title

Canadian Field Naturalist

External Full Text Location

https://doi.org/10.22621/CFN.V133I4.2381

ISSN

00083550

First Page

309

Last Page

312

Issue

4

Volume

133

Grant

1631776

Fund Ref

Alberta Conservation Association

Recommended Citation

Sosiak, Christine E.; West, Mari; and Glasier, James R.N., "First record and new host record of the obligate dulotic ant, Polyergus bicolor (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), in Alberta, Canada" (2019). Faculty Publications. 8062.
https://digitalcommons.njit.edu/fac_pubs/8062