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Genus Odontomachus - Trap-jaw Ants

Odontomachus brunneus head - Odontomachus brunneus - female

Ants (picture taken with Coolpix camera) - Odontomachus

Odontomachus clarus - Odontomachus clarus - female

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 Ponerinae

Tribe Ponerini

Genus Odontomachus (Trap-jaw Ants)

Explanation of Names

Odontomachus Latreille, 1804

Identification

noted for their unusual mandibles, which are held open at 180º and snap shut on a hair trigger(1)

Range

tropics and subtropics worldwide(1)

Internet References

Online Key, Mississippi State University (most likely requires specimen and a scope)

Works Cited

1.	Wild A. (-2014) Myrmecos

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 26 April, 2006 - 12:18pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, v belov, JBrown
Last updated 23 July, 2019 - 8:52am

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