| Adetomyrma venatrix | |
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| A blind worker | |
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| A winged male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Genus: | Adetomyrma |
| Species: | A. venatrix
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| Binomial name | |
| Adetomyrma venatrix | |
Adetomyrma venatrix, more commonly known as the Dracula ant, so named because of its grisly feeding habits of drinking the blood of its young, is an endangered species of ants endemic to Madagascar. Workers of this species are blind. The species was described as the type species of Adetomyrma in 1994, with the genus being an atypical member of its tribe.
- ^ Social Insects Specialist Group (1996). "Adetomyrma venatrix". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T522A13059247. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T522A13059247.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Ward, P. S. (1994). "Adetomyrma, an enigmatic new ant genus from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and its implications for ant phylogeny" (PDF). Systematic Entomology. 19 (2): 159–175. Bibcode:1994SysEn..19..159W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1994.tb00585.x. S2CID 85356610.