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Endosymbionten bei Ameisen

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Some ants of the generaCamponotus andFormica have been known to carry endosymbionts. The author has found such ones additional in the following ant species:Plagiolepis pygmæa, Camponotus æthiops, C. alii, C. cruentatus, C. foreli, C. lateralis, Formica (Serviformica) lemani, F. (S.) cinerea, andF. (S.) pilosissima.

InPlagiolepis pygmæa the shape of the bacteria and the position of the mycetome fit well with the figures known fromFormica species. It is argued thatPlagiolepis andFormica got their endosymbionts from a common ancester.

TheServiformica species show a sort of facultative symbiosis: In a number of species some colonies happened to be strongly infected, some were weakly or not infected. It must be questioned whether the infected ants have any essential benefit from their symbionts.

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Jungen, H. Endosymbionten bei Ameisen. Ins. Soc 15, 227–232 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02225845

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