Ants of Singapore #10 - Amblyopone (reclinata)

Amblyopone

Species accounts

Amblyopone reclinata Mayr, 1879

Distribution: Luzon

Saw these really cool Amblyopone cf reclinata ants. They belong to the subfamily Amblyoponinae. Check out those mean jaws. 

These ants belong to a group of "Dracula ants".

Ants of the genus Amblyopone has "footprint gland" which is used in recruitment via secretion of a pheromone [1]. This allows for quick recruitment [2].

[1] http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1467803905000022

[2] http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FBF01240704#page-1

Ants of Singapore #09 - Gnamptogenys (costatus)

Gnamptogenys

Species accounts

Gnamptogenys costatus (Emery 1889)


Type locality: Myanmar
Distribution: Burma, Philippines (Mindanao), Borneo, Sumatra, West Malaysia, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sulawesi, Sumatra, Java), Singapore, Thailand

Gnamptogenys costatus

Gnamptogenys costatus is a species that nests in dead logs.