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Honeypot Ants
Honeypot ants, also called honey ants, are ants which have specialised workers (repletes, plerergates, or rotunds) that are gorged with food to the point that their abdomens swell enormously. Other ants then extract nourishment from them, through the process of trophallaxis. They function as living larders. Honeypot ants belong to any of several genera, including ''Myrmecocystus'' and '' Camponotus''. They were first documented in 1881 by Henry C. McCook, and described further in 1908 by William Morton Wheeler. Behaviour Many insects, notably honey bees and some wasps, collect and store liquid for use at a later date. However, these insects store their food within their nest or in combs. Honey ants are unique in using their own bodies as living storage, used later by their fellow ants when food is otherwise scarce. When the liquid stored inside a honeypot ant is needed, the worker ants stroke the antennae of the honeypot ant, causing the honeypot ant to regurgitate the stored li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myrmecocystus
''Myrmecocystus'' is a North American genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. It is one of five genera that includes honeypot ants. Worker ants keep and tend plerergates, which are other ants that store large quantities of nutritious fluid in their abdomens to feed the colony during famine times. Some species engage in highly territorial tournaments, which can result in intraspecific slavery. During the raids, they carry off larvae, workers, and plerergates. Species *''Myrmecocystus christineae'' Snelling, 1982 *''Myrmecocystus colei'' Snelling, 1976 *''Myrmecocystus creightoni'' Snelling, 1971 *''Myrmecocystus depilis'' Forel, 1901 *''Myrmecocystus ewarti'' Snelling, 1971 *''Myrmecocystus flaviceps'' Wheeler, 1912 *''Myrmecocystus hammettensis'' Cole, 1938 *''Myrmecocystus intonsus'' Snelling, 1976 *''Myrmecocystus kathjuli'' Snelling, 1976 *'' Myrmecocystus kennedyi'' Snelling, 1969 *''Myrmecocystus koso'' Snelling, 1976 *'' Myrmecocystus lugubris'' Wheeler, 1909 *''Myrme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdomen (insect Anatomy)
The abdomen (colloquially called the belly, tummy, midriff, tucky or stomach) is the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates. The abdomen is the front part of the abdominal segment of the torso. The area occupied by the abdomen is called the abdominal cavity. In arthropods it is the posterior tagma of the body; it follows the thorax or cephalothorax. In humans, the abdomen stretches from the thorax at the thoracic diaphragm to the pelvis at the pelvic brim. The pelvic brim stretches from the lumbosacral joint (the intervertebral disc between L5 and S1) to the pubic symphysis and is the edge of the pelvic inlet. The space above this inlet and under the thoracic diaphragm is termed the abdominal cavity. The boundary of the abdominal cavity is the abdominal wall in the front and the peritoneal surface at the rear. In vertebrates, the abdomen is a large body cavity enclosed by the abdominal muscles, at front and to the sides, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pheidologeton
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and leaf litter inhabitants. They nest in rotten wood to which the bark is still adherent in the Afrotropical region, or may be lestobiotic nesting near other ant species. Some species are known to exist parasitically within termite nests. Little is known about the biology of the species. However, they are notable for the vast difference in size between queens and workers. Species *''Carebara aborensis'' (Wheeler, 1913) *''Carebara abuhurayri'' Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 *''Carebara acuta'' (Weber, 1952) *''Carebara acutispina'' (Xu, 2003) *''Carebara affinis'' (Jerdon, 1851) *''Carebara afghana'' (Pisarski, 1970) *'' Carebara africana'' (Forel, 1910) *''Carebara alluaudi'' (Santschi, 1913) *''Carebara alperti'' Fernández, 2010 *''Carebara alpha'' (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oligomyrmex
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and leaf litter inhabitants. They nest in rotten wood to which the bark is still adherent in the Afrotropical region, or may be lestobiotic nesting near other ant species. Some species are known to exist parasitically within termite nests. Little is known about the biology of the species. However, they are notable for the vast difference in size between queens and workers. Species *''Carebara aborensis'' (Wheeler, 1913) *''Carebara abuhurayri'' Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 *''Carebara acuta'' (Weber, 1952) *''Carebara acutispina'' (Xu, 2003) *''Carebara affinis'' (Jerdon, 1851) *''Carebara afghana'' (Pisarski, 1970) *'' Carebara africana'' (Forel, 1910) *''Carebara alluaudi'' (Santschi, 1913) *''Carebara alperti'' Fernández, 2010 *''Carebara alpha'' (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carebara
''Carebara'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. It is one of the largest myrmicine genera with more than 200 species distributed worldwide in the tropics and the Afrotropical region. Many of them are very tiny cryptic soil and leaf litter inhabitants. They nest in rotten wood to which the bark is still adherent in the Afrotropical region, or may be lestobiotic nesting near other ant species. Some species are known to exist parasitically within termite nests. Little is known about the biology of the species. However, they are notable for the vast difference in size between queens and workers. Species *''Carebara aborensis'' (Wheeler, 1913) *''Carebara abuhurayri'' Sharaf & Aldawood, 2011 *''Carebara acuta'' (Weber, 1952) *''Carebara acutispina'' (Xu, 2003) *''Carebara affinis'' (Jerdon, 1851) *''Carebara afghana'' (Pisarski, 1970) *'' Carebara africana'' (Forel, 1910) *''Carebara alluaudi'' (Santschi, 1913) *''Carebara alperti'' Fernández, 2010 *''Carebara alpha'' (F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prenolepis
''Prenolepis'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. Most species are found in southeastern Asia and southern China, but the genus has a wide distribution with species known from North America, southern Europe, Anatolia, Cuba, Haiti, and West Africa. Species *''Prenolepis angularis'' Zhou, 2001 *'' Prenolepis cyclopia'' Chen & Zhou, 2018 *''Prenolepis darlena'' Williams & LaPolla, 2016 *''Prenolepis dugasi'' Forel, 1911 *''Prenolepis fisheri'' Bharti & Wachkoo, 2012 *''Prenolepis fustinoda'' Williams & LaPolla, 2016 *†''Prenolepis henschei'' Mayr, 1868 *''Prenolepis imparis'' (Say, 1836) *''Prenolepis jacobsoni'' Crawley, 1923 *''Prenolepis jerdoni'' Emery, 1893 *''Prenolepis lakekamu'' Williams & LaPolla, 2018 *'' Prenolepis mediops'' Williams & LaPolla, 2016 *'' Prenolepis melanogaster'' Emery, 1893 *'' Prenolepis naoroji'' Forel, 1902 *''Prenolepis nepalensis'' Williams & LaPolla, 2018 *''Prenolepis nitens ''Prenolepis'' is a genus of ants in the subfamily F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plagiolepis
''Plagiolepis'' is an ant genus of the formic acid-producing subfamily Formicinae. The genus is found in tropical and temperate regions of the Old World. Species *''Plagiolepis abyssinica'' Forel, 1894 *'' Plagiolepis adynata'' Bolton, 1995 *'' Plagiolepis alluaudi'' Emery, 1894 *'' Plagiolepis ampeloni'' (Faber, 1969) *''Plagiolepis ancyrensis'' Santschi, 1920 *''Plagiolepis arnoldii'' Dlussky, Soyunov & Zabelin, 1990 *''Plagiolepis augusti'' Emery, 1921 *''Plagiolepis balestrierii'' Menozzi, 1939 *†''Plagiolepis balticus'' Dlussky, 1997 *''Plagiolepis bicolor'' Forel, 1901 *''Plagiolepis boltoni'' Sharaf, Aldawood & Taylor, 2011 *''Plagiolepis breviscapa'' Collingwood & Van Harten, 2005 *''Plagiolepis brunni'' Mayr, 1895 *''Plagiolepis calva'' Radchenko, 1996 *'' Plagiolepis capensis'' Mayr, 1865 *'' Plagiolepis cardiocarenis'' Chang & He, 2002 *'' Plagiolepis chirindensis'' Arnold, 1949 *'' Plagiolepis clarki'' Wheeler, 1934 *'' Plagiolepis compressa'' Radchenko, 1996 *'' Pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Melophorus
''Melophorus'' (meaning "honey carrier") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Melophorini. The genus is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ... to Australia, where its species are common in arid and semiarid areas. Species *''Melophorus aeneovirens'' (Lowne, 1865) *''Melophorus anderseni'' Agosti, 1998 *''Melophorus bagoti'' Lubbock, 1883 *''Melophorus biroi'' Forel, 1907 *''Melophorus bruneus'' McAreavey, 1949 *''Melophorus constans'' Santschi, 1928 *''Melophorus curtus'' Forel, 1902 *''Melophorus fieldi'' Forel, 1910 *''Melophorus fulvihirtus'' Clark, 1941 *''Melophorus hirsutus'' Forel, 1902 *''Melophorus insularis'' Wheeler, 1934 *''Melophorus iridescens'' (Emery, 1887) *''Melophorus laticeps'' Wheeler, 1915 *''Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leptomyrmex
A video on how Spider Ant colonies function) ''Leptomyrmex'', or spider ants, is a genus of ants and a distinctive member of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. Commonly known as "spider ants" for their long legs and spider-like movements, these orange and black ants are prominent residents of intact wet forest and sclerophyll habitats throughout their range. One extant species, '' Leptomyrmex relictus'', is known from central Brazil; otherwise, the global distribution of this genus is restricted to eastern Australia, New Caledonia and New Guinea, as well as the nearby Indonesian islands of Aru and Seram. Newly hatched '' Extatosoma tiaratum'' stick insects mimic these ants to avoid predation. Workers of ''Leptomyrmex'' can be easily recognized by elongate antennal scapes which surpass the posterior margin of the head by more than one half their length, a medially notched hypostoma, mandibles with 7–15 teeth and 5–12 denticles, and a laterally located anterior tentorial pit. Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cataglyphis
''Cataglyphis'' is a genus of ant, desert ants, in the subfamily Formicinae. Its most famous species is ''C. bicolor'', the Sahara Desert ant, which runs on hot sand to find insects that died of heat exhaustion, and can, like other several other ''Cataglyphis'' species, sustain body temperatures up to 50°C. Cataglyphis is also the name of an autonomous rover that won the NASA Sample Return Robot Centennial Challenge inspired by the navigation approaches used by desert ants. Name It was named in 1850, with reference to the impressions of its abdomen: "Von χατά und γλυψίς der Einschnitt. Eine Andeutung auf die vielen Einschnitte oder vielmehr Eindrücke de Hinterleibs." Description Species of this genus are behaviourally, morphologically, and physiologically adapted to dry and hot habitats. Navigational behaviour In the Sahara, ants live where no bushes or clumps of grass are available to protect them, and where tracks are covered by wind-blown sand in seconds. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acacia Aneura
''Acacia aneura'', commonly known as mulga or true mulga, is a shrub or small tree native to arid outback areas of Australia. It is the dominant tree in the habitat to which it gives its name ( mulga) that occurs across much of inland Australia. Specific regions have been designated the Western Australian mulga shrublands in Western Australia and Mulga Lands in Queensland. Description Mulga trees are highly variable, in form, in height, and in shape of phyllodes and seed pods. They can form dense forests up to high, or small, almost heath-like low shrubs spread well apart. Most commonly, mulgas are tall shrubs. Because the mulga is so variable, its taxonomy has been studied extensively, and although ''A. aneura'' is likely to be split into several species eventually, there is as yet no consensus on how or even if this should be done. Although generally small in size, mulgas are long-lived, a typical life span for a tree undisturbed by fire is of the order of 200 to 300 yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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