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Identification keys and general biology are given in Nielsen (1932), Spradbery (1973), Felton (unpublished), Richards (1980) and Yeo & Corbet (1995).

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BWARS has not yet produced an account for this species. We anticipate completing the process of producing accounts for all British and Irish species by around 2014. Meanwhile, on this page you can find at least a provisional distribution map, any images BWARS has procured for the species and a list of known synonyms (names previously applied to this species). The work of mapping aculeate Hymenoptera, plus describing their life histories, is the major activity that BWARS undertakes. Should you have an interest in recording and studying aculeates, you may like to consider joining BWARS and… Read more

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Identification keys and general biology are given in Morgan (1984), Kunz (1994) and Mingo (1994).

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Identification keys and general biology are give in Morgan (1984), Kunz (1994) and Mingo (1994).

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The Ponerinae are a phylogenetically primitive subfamily (Hölldobler & Wilson 1990). All castes of the two ponerine genra found in Britain, Ponera and Hypoponera, are readily distinguishable from other British ants by the constriction between the first and second segments of their gasters. Ponerines are also the only ants in Britain with female castes that possess both a single-segmented petiole and a sting.Workers and queens of Ponera differ from those of Hypoponera in the form of the subpetiolar process (figured for both species by Bolton &… Read more

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Myrmica schencki was added to the British list by Donisthorpe (1915) from Welsh specimens initially thought to be M. lobicornis. Workers and queens of both of these species have the antennal scape sharply angled at the base, with this bend bearing a broad upright flange. However, in M. schencki this flange is more strongly developed, with the width across the frontal lobes consequently smaller (e.g. Seifert 1998; Bolton 2005; Pontin 2005).

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Despite its generic name, this species is not classed as a wood ant.