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
Leptopone Arnold, 1916
Spalacomyrmex Emery, 1889
Typhloteras Karavaiev, 1925

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

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Centromyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  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. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
  3. 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.


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