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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Ants (Formicoidea) » Ants (Formicidae) » Myrmicinae » Stenammini » Spine-waisted Ants (Aphaenogaster)

Genus Aphaenogaster - Spine-waisted Ants

Classification · Other Common Names · Remarks
Dark version of more commonly red species - Aphaenogaster fulva Aphaenogaster picea - female Spine-waisted Ant - Aphaenogaster tennesseensis Aphaenogaster fulva? - Aphaenogaster Myrmica? - Aphaenogaster fulva Aphaenogaster fulva - female Ant Worker - Aphaenogaster fulva Aphaenogaster lamellidens
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Formicoidea (Ants)
Family Formicidae (Ants)
Subfamily Myrmicinae
Tribe Stenammini
Genus Aphaenogaster (Spine-waisted Ants)
Other Common Names
Collared Ants
Thread-waisted Ants
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 Christopher C Wirth, Vox Sciurorum, PaleoJon
Last updated 13 April, 2021 - 2:35am

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