Biology:Centromyrmex

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Short description: Genus of ants

Centromyrmex
Centromyrmex alfaroi casent0010795 profile 1.jpg
Centromyrmex alfaroi worker
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Centromyrmex
Mayr, 1866
Type species
Centromyrmex bohemanni
Diversity[1]
15 species
Synonyms

Glyphopone Forel, 1913
Leptopone Arnold, 1916
Spalacomyrmex Emery, 1889
Typhloteras Karavaiev, 1925

Centromyrmex is a pantropical, though mainly Afrotropical, genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. This ponerine ant was recorded for the first time in French Guiana and the most northerly point of recording was in Costa Rica. The specimens reported here were collected in a region of Amazon Forest with flight interception traps.

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 lack eyes and are well adapted to a subterranean lifestyle by way of burrowing. They also are equipped with short, spiny, and powerful legs. Nest sites are usually found near or even inside of termite nests. [3]

Species


References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Centromyrmex". AntCat. http://antcat.org/catalog/430073. 
  2. 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. PMID 24896935. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 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

Wikidata ☰ Q2612058 entry