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In nest of Formica pratensis

Formica rufa host species. Pictures show an ergatoid queen and males (with reduced mandibles)

• unique head color
• found by: Jenő Horváth

One of many pseudogynes/secretomorphs in nest infested with the myrmecophile rove beetles Lomechusoides strumosus and Dinarda dentata

Secretomorph workers in a nest infested by the myrmecophilic beetle Lomechusoides strumosus.

The queen in the colony is a Formica rufa-group wood ant. Very unusual.