''Cerapachys'' (
common name
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s include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant")
is a
genus
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of
ants in the
subfamily
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Dorylinae.
Species are mainly
myrmecophagous
Myrmecophagy is a feeding behavior defined by the consumption of termites or ants, particularly as pertaining to those animal species whose diets are largely or exclusively composed of said insect types. Literally, myrmecophagy means "ant eating" ...
ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely throughout the
Indomalayan region.
The genus was revised by BoroWiec (2016) who split a number of previously synonymized genera out of ''Cerapachys'', leaving only 5 species in the genus.
Species
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Cerapachys anokha''
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Cerapachys antennatus''
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Cerapachys aranus''
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Cerapachys crawleyi
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely throughou ...
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Cerapachys edentatus''
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Cerapachys incontentus
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Cerapachys latus''
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Cerapachys lividus
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Cerapachys manni
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Cerapachys neotropicus
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Cerapachys princeps
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Cerapachys splendens
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Cerapachys sulcinodis''
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Cerapachys wroughtoni
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Cerapachys xizangensis
''Cerapachys'' (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely through ...
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Dorylinae
Ant genera