Discothyrea

Discothyrea
Discothyrea testacea worker
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Tribe: Proceratiini
Genus: Discothyrea
Roger, 1863
Type species
Discothyrea testacea
Roger, 1863
Diversity[1]
36 species
Synonyms

Prodiscothyrea Wheeler, 1916
Pseudosysphincta Arnold, 1916

Discothyrea is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae.[2] The genus is distributed in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, where they usually nest in rotten wood, in the leaf litter, or under stones.[3] Little is known about their biology, but ants in this genus are thought to be specialist predators of arthropod eggs and have been observed storing eggs in their nests (probably spider eggs).[4][5]

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Discothyrea". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
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