Centromyrmex
| Centromyrmex | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Centromyrmex alfaroi worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
| Tribe: | Ponerini |
| Genus: | Centromyrmex Mayr, 1866 |
| Type species | |
| Centromyrmex bohemanni | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Glyphopone Forel, 1913 | |
Centromyrmex is a pantropical, though mainly Afrotropical, genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Biology
They are predatory on termites, where a group hunting strategy may be employed,[2] or may prey more generally on invertebrates in the upper soil layer of forests.[3] Little is known about their biology, but workers are blind and well adapted to a subterranean lifestyle.[3]
Species
- Centromyrmex alfaroi Emery, 1890
- Centromyrmex angolensis Santschi, 1937
- Centromyrmex bequaerti (Forel, 1913)
- Centromyrmex brachycola (Roger, 1861)
- Centromyrmex decessor Bolton & Fisher, 2008
- Centromyrmex ereptor Bolton & Fisher, 2008
- Centromyrmex feae (Emery, 1889)
- Centromyrmex fugator Bolton & Fisher, 2008
- Centromyrmex gigas Forel, 1911
- Centromyrmex hamulatus (Karavaiev, 1925)
- Centromyrmex longiventris Santschi, 1919
- Centromyrmex praedator Bolton & Fisher, 2008
- Centromyrmex raptor Bolton & Fisher, 2008
- Centromyrmex secutor Bolton & Fisher, 2008
- Centromyrmex sellaris Mayr, 1896
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Centromyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ↑ Dejean, A.; Fénéron, R. (20 September 1999). "Predatory behaviour in the ponerine ant, Centromyrmex bequaerti: a case of termitolesty". Behavioural Processes 47 (2): 125–133. doi:10.1016/S0376-6357(99)00060-1. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- 1 2 Schmidt, C. A; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.
External links
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