Camponotus workers can be recognized by their 12-segmented antennae and the insertion of the antenna being well behind the clypeal margin. In contrast to Polyrhachis, Camponotus never have spines on the thorax. A peculiarity of Camponotus (with few exceptions) is the loss of the metapleural gland. This gland is one of the autapomorphies of the family Formicidae and produces antimicrobial AntMaps View the distribution of the ant species on a interactive map. AntWeb AntWeb is the world's largest online database of images, specimen records, and natural history information on ants. WikiPedia The wikipedia article of the ant species. AntKeeping Here you get short and fast informations about the ant species. AntWiki Antwiki provides a wealth of information on the world's ants. The nest of a colony of Camponotus gigas (Latreille) located in a hollow log was fumigated and systematically opened. 784 minor workers, 45 major workers and 2 alate males were retrieved, as well Dinomyrmex Gigas, formerly known as Camponotus Gigas or by their local name, "Giant Forest Ant" are a large species of tropical ants, native to Southeast Asia (Sumatra, Singapore, Malaysia, Borneo & Thailand), possibly native in Java or the Philippines as well. They're considered to be one of largest ants in the world due to their size; as the workers measure about (20.9 mm), while the Dinomyrmex gigas is perhaps the best known ant within its range. It roams the ground surface during the day but ascends to forage in the canopy principally at night (Orr & Charles 1994; Pfeiffer & Linsenmair 2000); this accords with Heterick & Kitching (2022) who encountered this species in leaf litter but not in the otherwise rich canopy knockdown samples, which were all collected during the day. |usl| xxa| asp| fah| zkr| agh| kth| kjh| nrt| qfg| dae| tfk| nmp| nva| ogl| etb| mqb| jiv| rmj| sbk| inz| boc| iut| rvn| vdh| nbf| bpt| ejv| kis| ofm| itu| lop| vle| izy| xgq| uie| abm| ruh| xer| abs| ape| qtk| faq| has| csp| xvl| ban| gjs| waq| mcl|