Saucerlike shields protect two new 'door head' ant species from Africa and their nests
Phragmotic or "door head" ants have evolved independently in several ant genera across the world, but in Africa only one case has been documented until now. Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi) is known from only a single phragmotic major worker collected from sifted leaf-litter near Lake Elmenteita in Kenya,.
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A member of the pallens clade characterised by the following apomorphies: in the worker propodeal sides unarmed or with a narrow membranaceous margin medially denticulate, in the soldier and in the gyne by the combination of head disc with foveae contiguous each other, in the soldier by the outer face of the hind femora superficially carinate, b.
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Door Head Ants By Glenn Marangelo Published April 30, 2023 at 4:00 AM MDT Listen • 2:11 Wikipedia commons Ant colonies are broken into castes based on the size and sex of the individual ant. There's the queen. There are males that are only part of the colony for a short period of time, dying after mating.
Cephalotes varians, otherwise known as the door head ant or turtle ant, is a species of ant that
Phragmotic or "door head" ants have evolved independently in several ant genera across the world, but in Africa only one case has been documented until now. Carebara elmenteitae (Patrizi) is known from only a single phragmotic major worker collected from sifted leaf-litter near Lake Elmenteita in Kenya, but here the worker castes of two species.
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11 November 2015 Species: ants from several genera, including Cephalotes and Carebara Habitat: trees in the tropical forest It's a great way to deter uninvited guests. Just wedge your head into.
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One group known as "door head" ants have soldiers whose heads are shaped like saucers, or concave shields, which they cover with camouflaging layers of debris. They use these peculiar features to block the entrances of their nests against intruders, such as other predatory ants or invertebrates.
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The "door head" ant individuals are a special worker subcaste that stands out among the other ant colony's workers, who are responsible for vital tasks such as foraging and brood care. Dr..
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The Ant With a Door for a Head Sunday 9 June 2019 Image Credit Wikipedia Commons Cephalotes is a broad genus of ants. They are heavily armored - it makes you wonder just how formidable they would look if we were the same size. The amazing thing about many of them is the head - used to plug a gap as it were.
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Shaped like saucers, or concave shields, and covered with camouflaging layers of debris, the heads of two "door head" ant species are found to differentiate them as new taxa. They use their.
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11 November 2015 Species: ants from several genera, including Cephalotes and Carebara Habitat: trees in the tropical forest It's a great way to deter uninvited guests. Just wedge your head into.
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The so-called 'door head ants' are soldier ants with armored heads that match both the size and the shape of the entrance to their colonies' nests almost to perfection. They function as.
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The "door head" ant individuals are a special worker subcaste that stands out among the other ant colony's workers, who are responsible for vital tasks such as foraging and brood care. Dr. Georg.
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Saucerlike shields protect two new 'door head' ant species from Africa and their nests
This makes organic matter and dirt stick to the head as the ant, which is a worker, goes about its business. When there's a threat to the nest, these moving thumbtacks maneuver themselves to the.
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The so-called 'door head ants' are soldier ants with armored heads that match both the size and the shape of the entrance to their colonies' nests almost to perfection. They function as.