Polyergus rufescens

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Noun1.Polyergus rufescens - small reddish slave-making ant speciesPolyergus rufescens - small reddish slave-making ant species
Amazon ant
slave-maker, slave-making ant - an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slave ants
genus Polyergus, Polyergus - Amazon ants
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Le Moli, "Comparison of reproductive strategies and raiding behaviour in facultative and obligatory slave-making ants: the case of Formica sanguinea and Polyergus rufescens," Insectes Sociaux, vol.
Ugolini, "Ecoethological factors affecting the scouting and raiding behaviour ofthe slave-making ant Polyergus rufescens Latr.
Rossomyrmex, the slave-maker ants from the arid steppe environments
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