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EARTHEN STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED BY ANTS
Solarium(myrmecology)
myrmecology
n. (zool.) mirmecologia, studio scientifico delle formiche, branca della entomologia che studia le formiche
Definitie
myrmecology
[?m?:m?'k?l?d?i]
¦ noun the branch of entomology concerned with ants.
Derivatives
myrmecological adjective
myrmecologist noun
Origin
C19: from Gk murmex, murmek- 'ant' + -logy.
Wikipedia
Solarium (myrmecology)
In myrmecology, a solarium is an earthen structure constructed by certain members of the Formicidae for the purpose of brood incubation. Solaria are usually dome-shaped and fashioned from a paper-thin layer of soil, connected to the main nest by way of subterranean runs.
Tapinoma erraticum is an example of a solaria-constructing species whose skill at so doing was noted by Horace Donisthorpe in the early 20th century in his book British Ants, their Life Histories and Classification.
