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Anochetus
Genus of ants / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Anochetus is a genus of small, carnivorous ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.[3]
Anochetus | |
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Anochetus faurei worker | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Ponerinae |
Tribe: | Ponerini |
Genus: | Anochetus Mayr, 1861 |
Type species | |
Odontomachus ghilianii[1] | |
Diversity[2] | |
122 species | |
Synonyms | |
Myrmapatetes Wheeler, 1929 |
This genus is present in both the Old and New World and is certainly native to all continents except Antarctica and Europe. In Europe only a single species, Anochetus ghilianii, has been found, and it is not certain it is native to its European range (Province of Cadiz and Gibraltar).[4] However A. ghilianii is native to Morocco.
Anochetus is of some note due to it being one of the relatively few genera that possess trap-jaws, or specialized long mandibles that have a rapid closing mechanism. However, it is the only other genus, other than Odontomachus that uses the mandibles for predator evasion as well as prey capture.[citation needed]