Draft:Pseudomyrmex Peperi
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Pseudomyrmex Peperi is a subspecies of pseudomyrmex, a subfamily of pseudomyrmecinae. This kind of wasp-like ant is mostly found in woodlands, savannas, and tropical areas. Their characteristics are large-eyed, slender ants, and have small abdominis.
They are known as plant-dwelling ants and often compete with other insects in plants for dominance. Since their populations were found to be spread out in a survey in 2009 it stands to reason that they “[appear] to be competitively inferior during the early stages of colony development.”(S. Kautz) this leads to there being multiple queens present in a supercolony and as much as 8 different nests can be formed by one queen in her lifetime. This allows for the species to have a large affinity for “polymorphic microsatellite markers”(S Kautz) which means they have a high chance of genetic variability due to males from different nests mating with a queen from another.
This strategy of replication allows for the supercolony to branch out and seek out areas of little competition, allowing for the colony to develop undisturbed by other insects or predators like anteaters which are common in tropical areas of the world. The newer colonies also known as foundries were found to only exist for 6 months before they were replaced by a more competitive species of Pseudomyrmex.
In some cases, there were symbiotic relationships between different species of Pseudomyrmex but most of the time the stronger ants kicked out the weaker ones. Most supercolonies are limited to one host tree, typically acacia, and nests are found at different levels and branches of that host tree. This allows for the colony to access different levels of nutrition and ensures that if one nest gets overrun by a competitor before it can fully develop the other nests can still keep growing until they can compete with an intruding species.