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Nomamyrmex is a
genus of army ants in the
subfamily Dorylinae. Its two
species are
distributed in the Neotropics:
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is
known from southern...
- Most New
World army ants
belong to the
genera Cheliomyrmex, Neivamyrmex,
Nomamyrmex, Labidus, and Eciton. The
largest genus is Neivamyrmex,
which contains...
- Fisher, 2016
Neivamyrmex Borgmeier, 1940
Neocerapachys Borowiec, 2016
Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 1936
Ooceraea Roger, 1862
Parasyscia Emery, 1882 †Procerapachys...
- ants such as the
raider ant
Oocerea biroi and the new
world army ant
Nomamyrmex esenbecki are
obligate myrmecophages, that is they eat
exclusively other...
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Tribe Ecitonini Eciton - 10 spp.
Labidus - 10 spp.
Neivamyrmex - 130 spp.
Nomamyrmex - 2 spp.
Bolton B. (1992). A new
general catalogue of the ants of the...
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Cerapachys neotropicus Neocerapachys neotropicus Nomamyrmex Borgmeier 1936 2
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Nomamyrmex esenbeckii Ooceraea Roger 1862 11
Ooceraea fragosa...
- few dangers. No
known predator,
except the
mostly subterranean army ant
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii,
actively attacks the nests, and even
other highly aggressive...
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predation by
similar sized attackers. In one instance, a
troop of army ants
Nomamyrmex esenbeckii was seen
attacking a colony, and the C.
atratus workers made...
