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Genus Aphaenogaster

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Ant with Prey - Aphaenogaster ant - Aphaenogaster worker ants with the queen - Aphaenogaster - female Slender Ant in California - Aphaenogaster Ant Found Under Bark - Aphaenogaster Ant Pupa - Aphaenogaster - female Ant ID Request [2008] - Aphaenogaster ant witha rusty back end - Aphaenogaster
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Genus Aphaenogaster
Remarks
"Compared with many other genera of the Myrmicinae subfamily, these ants are fairly agile due to their slenderness and long legs. This helps them to steal preys from other predators, being themselves very opportunistic scavengers." - Richard Vernier
Contributed by Ethan Friedman on 9 August, 2005 - 9:21pm
Additional contributions by Chris Wirth
Last updated 29 October, 2005 - 8:20am

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