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Discothyrea
Discothyrea is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. The genus is distributed in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, where they usually nest in rotten wood, in the leaf litter, or under stones. Little is known about their biology, but ants in this genus are thought to be specialist predators of arthropod eggs and have been observed storing eggs in their nests (probably spider eggs).
49 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Southern Curltail ant
speciesDiscothyrea antarctica
Discothyrea sauteri
speciesDiscothyrea sauteri
Discothyrea bidens
speciesDiscothyrea bidens
Discothyrea testacea
speciesDiscothyrea testacea
Discothyrea velutina
speciesDiscothyrea velutina
Discothyrea kamiteta
speciesDiscothyrea kamiteta
Red Curltail ant
speciesDiscothyrea poweri
Discothyrea sexarticulata
speciesDiscothyrea sexarticulata
Discothyrea neotropica
speciesDiscothyrea neotropica
Discothyrea bryanti
speciesDiscothyrea bryanti
Discothyrea diana
speciesDiscothyrea diana
Discothyrea oculata
speciesDiscothyrea oculata
Discothyrea traegaordhi
speciesDiscothyrea traegaordhi
Discothyrea yueshen
speciesDiscothyrea yueshen
Discothyrea banna
speciesDiscothyrea banna
Discothyrea isthmica
speciesDiscothyrea isthmica
Discothyrea kalypso
speciesDiscothyrea kalypso
Discothyrea leae
speciesDiscothyrea leae
Discothyrea maia
speciesDiscothyrea maia
Discothyrea michelae
speciesDiscothyrea michelae
Discothyrea mixta
speciesDiscothyrea mixta
Discothyrea patrizii
speciesDiscothyrea patrizii
Discothyrea penthos
speciesDiscothyrea penthos
Discothyrea periyarensis
speciesDiscothyrea periyarensis
Discothyrea remingtoni
speciesDiscothyrea remingtoni
Discothyrea soesilae
speciesDiscothyrea soesilae
Discothyrea sringerensis
speciesDiscothyrea sringerensis
Discothyrea stumperi
speciesDiscothyrea stumperi
Discothyrea turtoni
speciesDiscothyrea turtoni
Discothyrea venus
speciesDiscothyrea venus
Discothyrea wakanda
speciesDiscothyrea wakanda
Discothyrea aisnetu
speciesDiscothyrea aisnetu
Discothyrea athene
speciesDiscothyrea athene
Discothyrea berlita
speciesDiscothyrea berlita
Discothyrea bobi
speciesDiscothyrea bobi
Discothyrea chimera
speciesDiscothyrea chimera
Discothyrea clavicornis
speciesDiscothyrea clavicornis
Discothyrea crassicornis
speciesDiscothyrea crassicornis
Discothyrea damato
speciesDiscothyrea damato
Discothyrea denticulata
speciesDiscothyrea denticulata
Discothyrea dryad
speciesDiscothyrea dryad
Discothyrea gaia
speciesDiscothyrea gaia
Discothyrea gryphon
speciesDiscothyrea gryphon
Discothyrea hawkesi
speciesDiscothyrea hawkesi
Discothyrea horni
speciesDiscothyrea horni
Discothyrea humilis
speciesDiscothyrea humilis
Discothyrea icta
speciesDiscothyrea icta
Discothyrea schulzei
speciesDiscothyrea schulzei
Discothyrea globa
speciesDiscothyrea globa
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 376212.