Myrmica colax

Myrmica colax is a species of ant, originally described by Cole as Paramyrmica colax. Until now, it is only known from its type locality in the Davis Mountains, Texas, USA. He found M. colax in a M. striolagaster colony and considers the two species quite similar in morphology. This suggests M. colax might be an inquiline.

Myrmica colax
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Genus:	Myrmica
Species:	M. colax
Binomial name
Myrmica colax (Cole, 1957)

References

• Cole, A. C., Jr. (1957). "Paramyrmica, a new North American genus of ants allied to Myrmica Latreille. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)." J. Tenn. Acad. Sci. 32: 37–42.

External links

• Media related to Myrmica colax at Wikimedia Commons