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In Army Ants we see how these insects play a crucial role in promoting and sustaining the biodiversity of tropical ecosystems. The ants help keep prey communities in check while also providing nutrition for other animals. Many species depend on army ants for survival, including a multitude of social parasites, swarm-following birds, and flies. And while their hunting behavior, and the rules that govern it, are clearly impressive, army ants display collective behavior in other ways that are no less dazzling. They build living nests, called bivouacs, using their bodies to protect the queen and larvae. The ants can even construct bridges over open space or obstacles by linking to one another using their feet. These incredible feats happen without central coordination. They are the result of local interactions—self-organization that benefits the society at large.
Through observations, stories, and stunning images, Daniel Kronauer brings these fascinating creatures to life. Army ants may be small, but their collective intelligence and impact on their environment are anything but.
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 A major worker/soldier with swollen abdomen (food storage), minors, and brood of Carebara jajoby (Image by Christian Peeters). |
An image from the 2018 revision of the Carebara of the Malagasy Region by Azore and Fisher. [1].
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17 subfamilies
340 genera
72 subgenera
14021 species
1838 subspecies
5 fossil subfamilies
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All Pages: Brazil, Australian ants, Argentina, Australia, Panama, Colombia, Ants of the Navajo Reservation, Ecuador, Borneo
Genera: Aphaenogaster, Camponotus, Aenictus, Cerapachys, Acropyga, Anochetus, Formica, Crematogaster, Leptogenys, Tetramorium, Pheidole, Polyrhachis
Species: Lasius niger, Solenopsis invicta, Cardiocondyla emeryi, Acropyga acutiventris, Camponotus herculeanus, Myrmica rubra, Monomorium floricola, Acropyga epedana, Myrmica scabrinodis, Camponotus ligniperda
Biology: Life in an Ant Colony, Social Parasitism, The Ants, Ritualised fighting in Iridomyrmex purpureus, Foraging behaviors in Poneroids and Ectatomminae
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