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Forelius pusillus is noted to perform "pre-emptive defensive self-sacrifice", where a group of ants leave the security of the nest after sealing the entrance from the outside each evening.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tofilski |first=Adam |last2=Couvillon |first2=Margaret |
Forelius pusillus is noted to perform "pre-emptive defensive self-sacrifice", where a group of ants leave the security of the nest after sealing the entrance from the outside each evening.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Tofilski |first=Adam |last2=Couvillon |first2=Margaret J. |last3=Evison |first3=Sophie E. F. |last4=Helanterä |first4=Heikki |last5=Robinson |first5=Elva J. H. |last6=Ratnieks |first6=Francis L. W. |date=2008-11-01 |title=Preemptive Defensive Self‐Sacrifice by Ant Workers. |url=http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/591688 |journal=The American Naturalist |volume=172 |issue=5 |pages=E239–E243 |doi=10.1086/591688 |issn=0003-0147}}</ref> |
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Forelius pusillus is a species of ant in the genus Forelius. Described by Santschi in 1922, the species is endemic to South America.[1]
Behaviour
Forelius pusillus is noted to perform "pre-emptive defensive self-sacrifice", where a group of ants leave the security of the nest after sealing the entrance from the outside each evening.[2]
References
- ^ Cuezzo, F. 2000. Revisión del género Forelius (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae). Sociobiology 35: 197-275 (page 263, Raised to species and senior synonym of tucumanus)
- ^ Tofilski, Adam; Couvillon, Margaret J.; Evison, Sophie E. F.; Helanterä, Heikki; Robinson, Elva J. H.; Ratnieks, Francis L. W. (2008-11-01). "Preemptive Defensive Self‐Sacrifice by Ant Workers". The American Naturalist. 172 (5): E239–E243. doi:10.1086/591688. ISSN 0003-0147.
External links
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