FG 96 Mystrium
FG 96 Mystrium, suggested by Nepenthes. Subfamily: Amblyoponinae Distribution: Old world tropics and subtropics Here is the link to Ant Web who's specimens (at the time of this post) are exclusively...
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Joachin Bihn, author of the Trophallaxis blog provides a link to his newly published paper: JOCHEN H. BIHN & MANFRED VERHAAGH, 2007: A review of the genus Mystrium (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the...
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So does anyone know why their mandibles are the way they are. They're more like salad tongs.
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So far, the feeding habits of Mystrium species have not been observed. However, it seems certain they don't eat salad
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Could it be a fair guess to say that they prolly specialize in very large and somewhat smooth or slippery pray?
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Their closest relatives, Amblyopone, etc., eat centipedes, which qualify as large, somewhat slippery and certainly squirmy. Maybe Mystrium eats similar prey.
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Apparently we already did this genus back in 2004. Hmmm http://antfarm.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/2393
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MrILoveTheAnts wrote: Apparently we already did this genus back in 2004. Hmmm http://antfarm.yuku.com/forum/viewtopic/id/2393 No big deal. Just have two/multiple links in the table of contents. I am...
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