Drilldown: Economolab3D

Melissotarsus (1)

Melissotarsus (1)

worker · major worker · minor worker · queen · Other · None

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None · Holotype. · A major worker from Madagascar. · This is a 3D model of a fossilized ant first presented in the scientific article ‘Evidence for the evolution of eusociality in stem ants and a systematic revision of †''Gerontoformica'' (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)’ published in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society by Brendon E. Boudinot · This model was prepared by Tunosemi. · ''Melissotarsus'' sp. queen. Rare and bizarre ants from Africa that live under bark of trees. · Open mouthparts of bark-inhabiting ant species ''Melissotarsus'' sp. from Africa. · Head of ''M. castanea'' worker (“dracula ant”) from the Australasian region. · Head of bizarre, very small, cryptic predatory ant from northern South America. · Head of one of the largest ants in the world, collected from Borneo, Malaysia. · Head of specialised, arboreal trap-jaw ant from South America. · Heavily armoured arboreal ant species from Kakamega Forest in Western Kenya. · Holotype of ''Terataner nymeria'' (located at CASC: CASENT0053630) from Madagascar. · ''Discothyrea patrizii'', a widespread species in eastern Africa. These ants are specialised predators of spider eggs (located at OIST: CASENT0235472). · Known from the Asir Mountains of southwestern Saudi Arabia. · Major worker. · Minor worker. · Originally identified as ''Solenopsis saudiensis'' but now known to be a junior synonym of ''Solenopsis abdita''. · Dulotic or “slave-raiding” ant species from Russia with saber-shaped mandibles. · Paratype.

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