Centromyrmex
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| Centromyrmex alfaroi worker | |
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Centromyrmex
Mayr, 1866
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| Type species | |
| Centromyrmex bohemanni |
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 15 species | |
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Glyphopone Forel, 1913 |
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Centromyrmex is a pantropical, though mainly Afrotropical, genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
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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
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- 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
- ↑ Template:AntCat
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External links
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
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