Odontomachus
Odontomachus | |
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Odontomachus monticola | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Odontomachini |
Genus: | Odontomachus Latreille, 1804 |
Type species | |
Formica haematoda | |
Diversity[1] | |
73 species | |
Synonyms | |
Champsomyrmex Emery, 1892 |
Odontomachus is a genus of ants commonly called trap-jaw ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.
Overview
Commonly known as trap-jaw ants, species in Odontomachus have a pair of large, straight
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Diet
Trap-jaw ants are mostly carnivorous, but also consume nectar, insect honeydew, and ripe fruit.[7]
Speed record
Trap-jaw ants of this genus have the second-fastest moving
Mimicry
The jumping spider genus Enoplomischus seems to mimic this ant genus.[9]
Distribution
Odontomachus species are found in Central and South America, Asia, Australia, and Africa.[10]
In the United States, O. haematodus was "recorded in Alabama back in 1956, but now researchers have officially confirmed that the species has spread across the Gulf Coast, at least as far east as Pensacola, Florida."
Species
The 73 valid species are:[14]
- Odontomachus aciculatus F. Smith, 1863
- Odontomachus affinis Guerin-Meneville, 1844
- Odontomachus alius Sorger & Zettel, 2011
- Odontomachus allolabis Kempf, 1974
- Odontomachus angulatus Mayr, 1866
- Odontomachus animosus Smith, 1860
- Odontomachus assiniensis Emery, 1892
- Odontomachus banksi Forel, 1910
- Odontomachus bauri Emery, 1892
- Odontomachus biolleyi Forel, 1908
- Odontomachus biumbonatus Brown, 1976
- Odontomachus bradleyi Brown, 1976
- Odontomachus brunneus (Patton, 1894)
- Odontomachus caelatus Brown, 1976
- Odontomachus cephalotes Smith, 1863 (Indonesia, Australia, etc.)
- Odontomachus chelifer (Latreille, 1802)
- Odontomachus circulus Wang, 1993
- Odontomachus clarus Roger, 1861
- Odontomachus coquereli Roger, 1861
- Odontomachus cornutus Stitz, 1933
- Odontomachus desertorum Wheeler, 1915
- Odontomachus erythrocephalus Emery, 1890
- Odontomachus floresensis Brown, 1976 (Indonesia: Flores)
- Odontomachus fulgidus Wang, 1993
- Odontomachus granatus Wang, 1993
- Odontomachus haematodus (Linnaeus, 1758) (South America, introduced to Australia prior to 1876); type species
- Odontomachus hastatus (Fabricius, 1804)
- Odontomachus imperator Emery, 1887
- Odontomachus infandus Smith, 1858
- Odontomachus insularis Guérin-Méneville, 1844
- Odontomachus kuroiwae (Matsumura, 1912)
- Odontomachus laticeps Roger, 1861
- Odontomachus latidens Mayr, 1867
- Odontomachus latissimus Viehmeyer, 1914
- Odontomachus malignus Smith, 1859
- Odontomachus mayi Mann, 1912
- Odontomachus meinerti Forel, 1905
- Odontomachus minangkabau Satria, Kurushima, Herwina, Yamane & Eguchi, 2015
- Odontomachus montanus Stitz, 1925
- Odontomachus monticola Emery, 1892
- Odontomachus mormo Brown, 1976
- Odontomachus nigriceps Smith, 1860
- Odontomachus opaciventris Forel, 1899
- Odontomachus opaculus Viehmeyer, 1912
- †Odontomachus paleomyagra Wappler, Dlussky, Engel, Prokop & Knor, 2014[15]
- Odontomachus panamensis Forel, 1899
- Odontomachus papuanus Emery, 1887
- Odontomachus pararixosus Terayama & Ito, 2014
- Odontomachus peruanus Stitz, 1933
- Odontomachus philippinus Emery, 1893
- Odontomachus procerus Emery, 1893
- †Odontomachus pseudobauri (De Andrade, 1994)
- Odontomachus relictus Deyrup & Cover, 2004
- Odontomachus rixosus Smith, 1857
- Odontomachus ruficeps Smith, 1858 (Australia)
- Odontomachus rufithorax Emery, 1911
- Odontomachus ruginodis Smith, 1937
- Odontomachus saevissimus Smith, 1858
- Odontomachus scalptus Brown, 1978
- Odontomachus schoedli Sorger & Zettel, 2011
- Odontomachus scifictus Sorger & Zettel, 2011
- Odontomachus silvestrii W.M. Wheeler, 1927
- Odontomachus simillimus F. Smith, 1858 (Australia, Fiji, etc.)
- †Odontomachus spinifer De Andrade, 1994
- Odontomachus spissus Kempf, 1962
- Odontomachus sumbensis Brown, 1976
- Odontomachus tensus Wang, 1993
- Odontomachus testaceus Emery, 1897
- Odontomachus troglodytes Santschi, 1914 (Africa, Madagascar, Inner Seychelles)
- Odontomachus turneri Forel, 1900 (Australia)
- Odontomachus tyrannicus Smith, 1859
- Odontomachus xizangensis Wang, 1993
- Odontomachus yucatecus Brown, 1976
References
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Odontomachus". AntCat. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
- ^ PMID 16924120.
- ^ Ant Jaws Break Speed Record — Videos of Odontomachus jumping using its jaws
- ^ Pappas, Stephanie; May 11, Live Science Contributor |; ET, 2017 07:41am (11 May 2017). "Weird Ants Have Hairy Blobs for Babies". Live Science. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
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- ^ "How Trap-Jaw Ants Develop From Larvae Stages [Watch]". Science Times. 2017-05-10. Retrieved 2019-06-28.
- PMID 22957686.
- ^ "Dracula ants possess fastest known animal appendage: The snap-jaw". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
- ^ Wesołowska, W. (2005). "A new species of Enoplomischus from Kenya (Araneae: Salticidae: Leptorchestinae)" (PDF). Genus. 16 (2): 307–311. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-03-15.
- PMID 24943802.
- ^ "Powerful Trap-jaw Ants are Gaining Ground in the Southeastern United States". Entomology Today. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
One species called Odontomachus haematodus was unofficially recorded in Alabama back in 1956. But now researchers have officially confirmed that the species has spread across the Gulf Coast, at least as far east as Pensacola, Florida.
- ^ "Powerful Trap-jaw Ants are Gaining Ground in the Southeastern United States". Entomology Today. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
As recently as a few years ago, another species called Odontomachus ruginodis was thought to be confined to the Orlando region, and points south. But now Sorger has confirmed a record of ruginodis more than a hundred miles north of Orlando, in Gainesville, Florida.
- ^ "Powerful Trap-jaw Ants are Gaining Ground in the Southeastern United States". Entomology Today. 20 June 2014. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
Not all of the trap-jaw species are on the move, however. Sorger also studies Odontomachus relictus, a species that is found only in endangered scrub habitat on central Florida's ancient sand ridges.
- ^ An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World by Barry Bolton
- ^ An Online Catalog of the Ants of the World: O. paleomyagra
External links
- Mississippi Entomology Museum: Pictures of worker and male O. haematodus
- Ant's super-fast bite is a built-in 'ejector seat'
- Ferocious ants bite like a bullet - BBC News, 21 August 2006. Elli Leadbeater. Retrieved 22 August 2006
- Man-trap jaws make ant fastest predator - Scotsman, 22 August 2006. John Von Radowitz. Retrieved 22 August 2006