Strobe ant
Descrição:
These ants speed run up and down tree trunks. Notice they have enlarged front femurs. Dr Brian Heterick - Research Associate | Environment and Agriculture School of Science"This ant is Opisthopsis rufithorax Emery, a close relative of the sugar ants (Camponotus). You will note the large eyes on the corners of the head: these ants have excellent vision and will evade an oncoming human by darting around the far side of a tree trunk. You would also have noticed the strange, jerky way these ants progress - they are called 'strobe ants' in some quarters because of this."Photos: Fred
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- Life
- Cellular
- Eukaryota (Eucariontes)
- Opisthokonta
- Metazoa (Reino Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (Protostômios)
- Ecdysozoa
- Arthropoda (artrópode)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda
- Insecta (insetos)
- Pterygota
- Neoptera
- Endopterygota
- Hymenoptera (formigas, abelhas e vespas)
- Apocrita
- Aculeata
- Vespoidea
- Formicidae (Formiga)
- Opisthopsis
- Opisthopsis rufithorax
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