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Typical Trap-jaw Ants
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Typical Trap-jaw Ants

Odontomachus

Odontomachus, or trap-jaw ants, is a genus of carnivorous ants found in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world.

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Haematodus-group Trap-jaw Ants

complexOdontomachus haematodus

Rixosus-group Trap-jaw Ants

complexOdontomachus rixosus

Hastatus-group Trap-jaw Ants

complexOdontomachus hastatus

Ruficeps-group Trap-jaw Ants

complexOdontomachus ruficeps

Infandus-group Trap-jaw Ants

complexOdontomachus infandus

Southern Trap-jaw ant

speciesOdontomachus assiniensis

Tyrannicus-group Trap-jaw Ants

complexOdontomachus tyrannicus

Saevissimus-group Trap-jaw Ants

complexOdontomachus saevissimus

Odontomachus mormo

speciesOdontomachus mormo

Odontomachus coquereli

speciesOdontomachus coquereli

Odontomachus cornutus

speciesOdontomachus cornutus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 132200.