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]

Species

References

  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Discothyrea". AntCat. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Genus: Discothyrea". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.
  4. ^ Zacharias, Merry; Rajan, Priyadarsanan Dharma (2004), "Discothyrea sringerensis (Hymenoptera Formicidae).", Zootaxa, 484: 1–4, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.484.1.1
  5. ^ Katayama, Motoki (2013), "Predatory behaviours of Discothyrea kamiteta (Proceratiinae) on spider eggs.", Kontyû Tokyo, 5: 121–124


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discothyrea
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