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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA2FF804BBEF9D7FE636F46" bold="true" box="[151,391,1558,1584]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="527">Polyergus oligergus</emphasis>
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<figureCitation id="134971D5FFA2FF804BBEF9F8FE866F24" box="[151,354,1593,1618]" captionStart="FIGURES 36 38" captionStartId="42.[151,264,1644,1667]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1622]" captionTargetId="figure@42.[151,1436,193,1623]" captionTargetPageId="42" captionText="FIGURES 36 38. Lateral, full face, and dorsal views of Polyergus oligergus worker CASENT 0281053. Photographs by Shannon Hartman from www. AntWeb. org." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/249154/files/figure.png" pageId="26" pageNumber="527">Figures 36, 37, 38</figureCitation>
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worker:
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, FLORIDA Clay Co.
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. N Keystone Hts. [CAS, CASENT0104430].
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:
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, 2 gynes,
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: MCZ, CAS, FSCA, ABS].
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measurements HL 1.41, HW 1.37, SL 1.48, ½ VeM 2, ½ PnM 0, WL 2.26, GL 2.18, HFL 1.98, CI 97, SI 108, HFI 145, FSI 134, LI 3.67, TL 5.85.
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worker measurements (N=9) HL 1.361.56 (1.45), HW 1.311.52 (1.41), SL 1.401.58 (1.49), ½ VeM 03 (1.56), ½ PnM 01 (0.33), WL 2.162.48 (2.30), GL 2.082.28 (2.20), HFL 1.982.16 (2.06), CI 9698 (97), SI 99111, HFI 139156, FSI 134143 (139), LI 3.524.04 (3.75), TL 5.726.32 (5.96).
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<paragraph id="8BCD6D50FFA2FF804BEEF8BFFB666EA8" blockId="26.[151,1436,1665,2014]" pageId="26" pageNumber="527">Measurements (N=44) HL 1.321.66 (1.48), HW 1.281.63 (1.45), SL 1.401.61 (1.51), ½ VeM 05 (2.55), ½ PnM 02 (0.93), WL 2.092.68 (2.36), GL 1.702.60 (2.09), HFL 1.982.32 (2.15), CI 94102 (98), SI 93113 (104), HFI 139161 (148), FSI 134154 (143), LI 3.484.34 (3.85), TL 5.236.94 (5.96).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814BEEFF56FE5C69C6" bold="true" box="[199,440,151,176]" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Worker description.</emphasis>
Head ovoid to subhexagonal, widest just behind eyes, sides anterior to eyes often slightly concave, the two sides appearing parallel from eyes to mandibular bases, head length usually only slightly greater than breadth; vertex pilosity (0) 25 macrosetae present near each corner; scapes at least surpassing vertex corners, gradually thickening apically, SI 93113 (values below 100 for an ergatoid and a few other very large workers); pronotum with (0)14 dorsal erect setae; mesonotal profile weakly convex for most of its length; propodeal profile rounded with nearly flat portions of dorsal and posterior faces meeting at about a curved right angle; petiole with rounded sides converging dorsad, petiolar dorsum flat or at most weakly concave; petiolar profile low, normally not reaching height of propodeal spiracle, petiolar front and rear surfaces convergent dorsad, front convex, rear straight; first tergite lacking pubescence; first tergite pilosity 06 relatively short suberect macrosetae.
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<paragraph id="8BCD6D50FFA3FF814BEEFE3EFE686B4B" blockId="27.[151,1436,151,1581]" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Color red with somewhat darker legs, scapes and mesometapleura; what little pilosity is present is a bit lighter than main body color.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814BEEFD86FEA86B16" bold="true" box="[199,332,583,608]" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Discussion.</emphasis>
Smaller size, more vertex pilosity, proportionally and often absolutely longer hind femora, higher values for any proportion using HFL and most with SL, and association with
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814F2EFDACFB746BF3" box="[1031,1168,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">F. archboldi</emphasis>
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distinguish this species from the similar
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814A7BFD50FE376BDE" box="[338,467,657,680]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">montivagus</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814BEEFD75FEAA6BBB" bold="true" box="[199,334,692,717]" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Etymology.</emphasis>
This species has the smallest worker populations of any
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF8148F9FD75FBA56BBB" box="[976,1089,692,717]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Polyergus</emphasis>
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species. The name stems from Greek,
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(few) plus
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(work), roughly meaning few workers, and alliterating neatly with the genus name.
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814BEEFD3DFE636A63" bold="true" box="[199,391,764,789]" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Natural history.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814AB9FD3DFD966A63" box="[400,626,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Polyergus oligergus</emphasis>
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apparently lives only in Florida and only with
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814FBDFD3CFAF96A63" box="[1172,1309,764,789]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">F. archboldi</emphasis>
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. It is quite similar to
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814A2EFCE0FE6C6A4E" box="[263,392,801,824]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">montivagus</emphasis>
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, but averages visibly smaller than the average for that species, has a lower petiole, tends to be slightly more pilose, and has smaller colony populations. Further
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF8148A8FC84FBFA6A2A" box="[897,1054,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">P. montivagus</emphasis>
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often has dark brown to blackish legs, while those of
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814A54FCA8FDE76AF6" box="[381,515,871,896]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">P. oligergus</emphasis>
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are usually only slightly darker, if at all, than body color. Gynes and males of
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814EAEFCA8FEE46AD3" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">P. oligergus</emphasis>
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are significantly smaller in every dimension than those of
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF8148B8FC4CFBCA6AD2" box="[913,1070,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">P. montivagus</emphasis>
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.
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A colony dug by King (King and Trager, 2007) contained 40 mature
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF8148E2FC6EFBD86ABE" box="[971,1084,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">Polyergus</emphasis>
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workers, with
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340
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814E3DFC70FACE6ABE" box="[1300,1322,945,968]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">F.</emphasis>
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archboldi workers. Near Gainesville FL, I observed numerous raids by 4 colonies, with from 2538 raiders participating (Trager and Johnson, 1985). One remarkable raid observed after that paper was published, was carried out successfully by four
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workers against a small
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colony. Each of the 4 raiders emerged alive and bearing a pupa, while the estimated 100+
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<emphasis id="B906B142FFA3FF814993FB80FCA16D2E" box="[698,837,1087,1112]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="528">F. archboldi</emphasis>
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workers and their gyne rushed out of the nest and climbed up nearby plant stems or hid under leaf litter. Raids that Trager and Johnson (1985, reported as
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) saw in Florida occurred from mid-May through July (with one outlier in early September). I observed alates flying off from the nests between 11:00 and noon, about 6 hours before brood raids on the same day, on clear dry days in July. The colony from Putnam Co. FL contained a single, significantly larger, presumably ergatoid, individual.
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FLORIDA Alachua Co. San Felasco Hammock St. Pres. Sandhill woodland, raiding
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.
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J. C. Trager (plus numerous specimens collected from 4 colonies at this location,
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, JCTC); FLORIDA Clay Co.
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. N Keystone Hts. Nest under leaf litter. Sandhill.
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J. Sivinski (JCTC); FLORIDA
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Co.
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S Rt. 240 on Rt. 41 pitfall trap
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Lloyd R. Davis, Jr. (JCTC); FLORIDA Leon Co. Apalachicola Natl Forest Rd. 367, Stand 232
<date id="FFCC4B90FFA3FF814F97FA45FAD56CEB" box="[1214,1329,1412,1437]" pageId="27" pageNumber="528" value="2006-02">Feb. 2006</date>
JR King Colony Series, Pine Flatwoods (JCTC); FLORIDA Osceola Co. Kissimmee St. 2 TNC-Des. Wild Pres.
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LL Pine/Palm/Grass Malaise trap TNC-staff el.
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(Z. Prusak Collection); FLORIDA Putnam Co.
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. E Melrose Univ. Florida Ordway Preserve. Nest in sandhill woodland.
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JC Trager (JCTC).
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