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Ocymyrmex
Sign in to saveOcymyrmex is an African genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae, also commonly known as hotrod ants.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderHymenoptera
- FamilyFormicidae
[[ worker ]] Caput subquadratum, clypeo convexo, antice medio obtuse bidentato et super mandibulas elevato Area frontalis angusta, distincta. Oculi mediocres, ocelli nulli. Mandibulae arcuatae, marginibus parallclis, apice oblique truncatae, 5 dentatae. Antennae 12 - articulatae, sine clava distincta, articulis funiculi 6 - 10 inter se subaequalibus, ultimo parum majore. Thorax sine suturis distinctis, muticus, medio arcuatim depressus. Petiolus elongatus, segmento primo longe pedunculata. Pedes unguiculis simplicibus, posteriores calcaribus tenuibus armati. [[ male ]] Caput parvum. Antennarum scapus articulo 1 ° flagelli duplo longior; flagelli articulus 2. duobus praecedentbus simili longior: sequentes subaequales, sensim vix teniores. Thorax mesonoto antice et scutello gibbose proeminentibus. Mesonotum sine sulcis convergentibus. Alae cella cubitali una clausa et discoidali nulla; pterostigma apici alae approxima-tum et cella radialis brevis: costa transversa radialis cum cubitali ante furcam conjuncta. Genitalia parva.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 1,182
- With media
- 34
- Family
- Formicidae
- Collections
- CAS
- Recorded in
- Namibia, South Africa
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Ocymyrmex is an African genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae, also commonly known as hotrod ants.
==Distribution and habitat== Species are thermophilic (thrives at relatively high temperatures) and live in dry savanna to extreme desert conditions in parts of the Afrotropics. They seem to be restricted to Southern and Eastern Africa, with no species occurring in West and Central Africa, or the sub-Saharan Sahelian Zone. Their nests are located deep in the ground, usually in sandy soil, with colonies consisting of 200 to 1000 individuals. Adapted to arid climates, they move remarkably fast during the day. They feed mainly on corpses of heat-stricken animals, living termites and seeds.
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