PONERINAE - HUNTING ANTS, TRAP-JAW ANTS ETC
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Gallery 1 - Dinoponera - Solitary ants, the largest species in the Neotropics. Odontomachus "Trap-jaw Ants" -  Mandibles with forward-facing trigger hairs that stimulate the mandibles to snap shut. Predatory ants with a worldwide tropical and subtropical distribution. (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 1a - Dinoponera australis - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1b - Dinoponera australis - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1c - Dinoponera australis - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1d - Dinoponera australis - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Alberto Esquivel undated).
FIGURE 1e - Odontomachus haematodus - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1f - Odontomachus haematodus - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 2 - Pachycondyla - A diverse and heterogeneous genus found throughout the global subtropics and tropics. Some species such as P.maculata are specialist termite predators. (Wild 2002)
FIGURE 2a - Pachycondyla marginata carrying termite prey - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2b - Pachycondyla marginata carrying termite prey - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2c - Pachycondyla marginata column - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2d - Pachycondyla striata - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).