Myrmoteras

Myrmoteras is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Myrmoteratini. They have enormous eyes, a character found in other ancient genera, and extremely elongated mandibles with eight to 16 teeth. These work as trap-jaws and can open up to 270°.

In the Vinony graph

Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to Myrmoteras, and connects out to Strumigenys, Malaysia and Philippines.

Vinony files it under Ant genera, Formicinae and Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items.

Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyFormicidae

Observations recorded280

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 19
With media: 8
Family: Formicidae
Collections: USNM, OMNH, CAS, FMNH
Recorded in: Myanmar, Philippines, Indonesia, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Formicidae
Image: Myrmoteras iriodum casent0003210 profile 1.jpg

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Commons category: Myrmoteras
taxon name: Myrmoteras
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Myrmoteras

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==Description== thumb|left|250px|Trap-jawed ants: Strumigenys, Daceton, Odontomachus, Anochetus, Myrmoteras While the elongated mandibles look superficially similar to those of the basal Myrmecia, the mechanism is, as a whole, totally dissimilar and is rather convergent to that of the ponerine genera Anochetus and Odontomachus, and the myrmicine Strumigenys. The trigger mechanism of the trap-jaw-like mandibles of Myrmoteras consists of two hairs. Other trap-jawed genera are Daceton, Acanthognathus, Orectognathus, Microdaceton, and Epitritus.

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