Gnamptogenys is another mostly subterranean ant found in forest and heavily wooded areas. Quite a few species of this genus routinely hunts termites though not on a scale as some Pachycondyla species do. Gnamptogenys are monomorphic and polygynous.
Two workers of a bicolor species of Gnamptogenys carrying the soldier of a small Odontotermes termite.
This first species of Gnamptogenys ant worker is 9 to 10 millimeters long the largest of the the species documented here.
Gnamptogenys Sp2.
This species looks quite similar to the one above but at 6 millimeters in total length is only around half the size.
Gnamptogenys sp2 against a millimeter tape.
Gnamptogensy ant carrying some termites.
Gnamptogenys ant feeding on a morsel of chicken meat.
Queen of Gnamptogenys.
Queens of Gnamptogenys.
Nest of Gnamptogenys.
Nest of Gnamptogenys.
Nest of Gnamptogenys.
Gnamptogenys costata.
Gnamptogenys costata worker.
Taxonomy
(no rank) Root 1
(Top Node) Cellular organism 131567Superkingdom: Eukaryota 2759 [Domain]
(no rank) Opisthokonta 33154
Kingdom: Metazoa 33208
(no rank) Eumetazoa 6072
(no rank) Bilateria 33213
(no rank) Coelomata 33316
(no rank) Protosomia 33317
(no rank) Panarthropoda 88770
Phylum: Arthropoda 6656
(no rank) Mandibulata 197563
(no rank) Pancrustacea 197562
Superclass: Hexapoda 6960
Class: Insecta 50557
(no rank) Dicondylia 85512
(no rank) Pterygota 7496
Subclass: Neoptera 33340
Infraclass: Endopterygota 33392
Order: Hymenoptera 7399
(no rank) Apocrita 7400
Suborder: Aculeata 7434
Superfamily: Vespoidea 34725
Subfamily: Ectatomminae 141710
Tribe: Ectatommini 292194
Genus: Gnamptogenys 121879
Last Updated: 2013\ 11 08
First Posted: 2011 07 12
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