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(2011), Organisms Diversity and Evolution 11: Mixed colonies and hybridisation of Messor harvester ant species (Messor minor, M. cf. wasmanni and M. capitatus living side by side in Italy, fertile hybrids between the first two)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002Fs13127-011-0045-3",[95,105,106],"biology","distribution",{"type":97,"title":108,"url":109,"covers":110},"Salata, Lapeva-Gjonova, Georgiadis and Borowiec (2023), ZooKeys 1185: Review of the Messor semirufus complex in Greece (Messor wasmanni listed for the Balkans and western Turkey in the larger, usually bicolored wasmanni complex, whose large workers have a red mesosoma that is never entirely black, and which makes trunk trails)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.3897\u002Fzookeys.1185.111484",[95,105,106],{"type":97,"title":112,"url":113,"covers":114},"Schifani, Csősz, Viviano and Alicata (2021), Natural History Sciences 8: Ant diversity on the largest Mediterranean islands, with the Messor wasmanni entry (mostly an Eastern Mediterranean species, described from Sardinia, neotype needed, reddish Messor bouvieri taken for it)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.4081\u002Fnhs.2021.532",[95,106],{"type":97,"title":116,"url":117,"covers":118},"Harkness and Isham (1988), Insectes Sociaux 35: Relations between nests of Messor wasmanni in Greece (nest spacing, foraging trails and the lack of aggression between neighboring nests)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1007\u002FBF02224134",[105,106],{"type":97,"title":120,"url":121,"covers":122},"Traxler (2016), Ecologica Montenegrina 7: Native food spectrum, size-matching and foraging efficiency of the Mediterranean harvester ant Messor wasmanni (island of Cres, Croatia: diet, three worker size classes, trunk trails)","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.37828\u002Fem.2016.7.19",[105,106],{"type":97,"title":124,"url":125,"covers":126},"Steiner et al. 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Messor wasmanni se describió en 1910 en Cerdeña como una subespecie de Messor barbarus, y un estudio de 2021 la considera sobre todo una especie del Mediterráneo oriental, sospecha que algunas hormigas de tórax rojizo se tomaron por ella cuando en realidad son Messor bouvieri, y afirma que habría que designar un neotipo para fijar el nombre. Los especialistas también escriben Messor cf. wasmanni en sus propios artículos, así que la etiqueta cautelosa es honesta y no solo una costumbre de las tiendas.",{"question":249,"answer":250},"¿Qué come Messor wasmanni en la naturaleza?","Un estudio de campo en la isla croata de Cres comprobó que el material vegetal, sobre todo semillas y frutos, constituía la inmensa mayoría de lo que las obreras llevaban al nido. Recogían semillas del suelo y directamente de las plantas. Los restos animales, como insectos muertos y conchas de caracol, eran solo una pequeña parte, y nunca se vio a las hormigas cazar, aunque sí recogieron caracoles vivos. Los nidos son fáciles de localizar por sus senderos troncales claramente marcados.",{"question":252,"answer":253},"¿Se hibrida Messor wasmanni con otras especies de Messor?","En Italia, sí. Un estudio genético y morfológico encontró colonias mixtas y flujo génico en ambos sentidos entre Messor minor y Messor cf. wasmanni, con híbridos que parecen ser fértiles, mientras que Messor capitatus, que vive en el mismo hábitat, no mostró señales de hibridación. Algunas de esas colonias tenían obreras de aspecto intermedio entre ambas especies.","Las obreras tienen muchos tamaños, desde pequeñas menores hasta mayores de cabeza grande, y las grandes suelen tener el tórax rojo y el gáster más oscuro y brillante, nunca del todo negras, como Messor capitatus. Messor minor y la rojiza Messor bouvieri pueden ser difíciles de distinguir de ella, y cf. en el nombre comercial significa que la identificación no está confirmada, así que esta ficha sigue la forma que las tiendas europeas venden con ese nombre.","es",{},true,[259,262,264,267],{"kind":260,"text":261},"tip","Ofrece de vez en cuando espigas enteras de gramíneas, y no solo semillas sueltas: en la naturaleza estas hormigas recogen las semillas directamente de la planta además de las del suelo.",{"kind":260,"text":263},"Dale a la colonia una cámara seca para el almacén de semillas y otra húmeda aparte para la cría, y no pulverices nunca agua dentro del nido, porque las semillas mojadas germinan o se enmohecen. Cubre todos los puntos de agua abiertos con piedrecitas o algodón, ya que las obreras de Messor se ahogan con facilidad.",{"kind":265,"text":266},"watchOut","Una reina capturada después del vuelo de otoño suele empezar a poner huevos solo en primavera, tras el descanso invernal, así que es normal que un tubo de ensayo parezca vacío todo el invierno. Mantenlo oscuro y tranquilo en lugar de ir a mirarla.",{"kind":265,"text":268},"Las fichas de cuidados describen las colonias jóvenes como muy sensibles a la luz y a las vibraciones, así que mantén el nido a oscuras y sobre una superficie estable, no en una estantería que reciba golpes.","\u002Fes\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-wasmanni",{"description":232},"es\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-wasmanni","x2S3CdDMfgYjrqUnHkg2EXf1B9-xvJ7rUoUFZcJDk40",[274,275,276,277,278,279,280,281,282,283,284],"Albania","Bosnia y Herzegovina","Bulgaria","Croacia","Eslovenia","Francia","Grecia","Italia","Macedonia del Norte","Montenegro","Turquía",[286,287,288],{"name":63,"slug":43},{"name":64,"slug":43},{"name":65,"slug":289},"messor-capitatus",[291,308,330],{"slug":292,"scientificName":293,"genus":231,"nickname":232,"aliases":294,"tagline":295,"image":296,"experience":38,"guide":43,"difficulty":28,"workerSize":297,"majorSize":66,"queenSize":298,"temperature":299,"hibernation":301,"hibernationTemperature":302,"hibernationBand":304,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":306},"messor-ebeninus","Messor ebeninus",[],"Una hormiga cosechadora de un negro ébano brillante de Oriente Medio que guarda sus semillas en el piso de arriba y deja la cría en la tierra húmeda, mucho más abajo.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-ebeninus.jpg",[227,228],[75,46],[223,300],28,"recommended",[49,303],18,"mild","large",[83,307],"northAfrica",{"slug":309,"scientificName":310,"genus":231,"nickname":311,"aliases":312,"tagline":316,"image":317,"experience":318,"guide":319,"difficulty":320,"workerSize":321,"majorSize":80,"queenSize":323,"temperature":325,"hibernation":44,"hibernationTemperature":327,"hibernationBand":304,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":329},"messor-barbarus","Messor barbarus","Hormiga cosechadora",[313,314,315],"Hormiga granera","Hormiga granívora","Hormiga recolectora","Una cosechadora de semillas tranquila y torpe, con obreras mayores de cabeza enorme y mi favorita para principiantes.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002FMessor_barbarus_major_2.jpeg","firstHand","how-to-care-for-messor-barbarus","1",[322,228],3,[80,324],17,[326,224],21,[46,328],16,[82,307],{"slug":289,"scientificName":65,"genus":231,"nickname":232,"aliases":331,"tagline":332,"image":333,"experience":38,"guide":43,"difficulty":28,"workerSize":334,"majorSize":335,"queenSize":336,"temperature":337,"hibernation":44,"hibernationTemperature":338,"hibernationBand":339,"sizeClass":305,"founding":41,"colonyStructure":7,"regions":340},[],"Una cosechadora de semillas de un negro brillante, con obreras mayores de cabeza enorme que muelen las semillas duras para hacer pan de hormiga en terrenos secos y pedregosos.","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fspecies\u002Fmessor-capitatus.jpg",[227,228],13,[335,49],[223,300],[66,49],"cool",[82,307],[342,349,355],{"id":343,"title":344,"description":345,"image":346,"categoryText":347,"path":348},"blog\u002Fes\u002Fhow-to-make-a-test-tube-setup-tutorial.md","Cómo hacer un montaje en tubo de ensayo - Cría de hormigas","En este tutorial aprenderás a hacer un montaje en tubo de ensayo, ¡la mejor forma de crear el entorno ideal para una reina recién fecundada!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_test_tube_setup_tutorial_new.png","Conceptos Básicos","\u002Fes\u002Fhow-to-make-a-test-tube-setup-tutorial",{"id":350,"title":351,"description":352,"image":353,"categoryText":347,"path":354},"blog\u002Fes\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants.md","Cómo hibernar a tus hormigas - Tutorial de hibernación","En esta guía vamos a hablar de la hibernación: ¿qué es? ¿Por qué necesitan hibernar las hormigas? ¿Debería hibernar a mis hormigas? ¡Vamos a verlo!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_hibernation_guide.png","\u002Fes\u002Fhow-to-hibernate-your-ants",{"id":356,"title":357,"description":358,"image":359,"categoryText":360,"path":361},"blog\u002Fes\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest.md","Cómo hacer un nido de Ytong - Tutorial de cría de hormigas","¡En este tutorial aprenderás a hacer un nido de Ytong para tus colonias de hormigas! ¡Es uno de los mejores tipos de nido para muchas especies de hormigas!","https:\u002F\u002Fcdn.brumaants.com\u002Fimages\u002Fbruma_ants_thumbnail_ytong_ant_nest_tutorial.png","Tutoriales","\u002Fes\u002Fhow-to-make-a-ytong-nest",1791900236614]