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Thaumatomyrmex
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Thaumatomyrmex

Thaumatomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae, found from Mexico to Brazil. They are notable for their pitchfork-shaped mandibles, which they use to capture millipedes of the order Polyxenida. The genus is a specialist predator of polyxenids, and one of only two ant genera known to prey upon polyxenids.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Thaumatomyrmex mutilatus

complexThaumatomyrmex mutilatus

Thaumatomyrmex ferox

complexThaumatomyrmex ferox

Thaumatomyrmex cochlearis

complexThaumatomyrmex cochlearis

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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 1449517.