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Pugnacious Ants and Allies
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Pugnacious Ants and Allies

Anoplolepis

Anoplolepis (also known as the "common pugnacious ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae. The genus is mainly found in the Afrotropics, with a few native species known from the Malagasy and Oriental regions (and some introduced in other places).

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10 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Yellow Crazy Ant

speciesAnoplolepis gracilipes

Large Pugnacious Ant

speciesAnoplolepis custodiens

Small pugnacious ant

speciesAnoplolepis steingroeveri

Chestnut Pugnacious ant

speciesAnoplolepis rufescens

Pallid Pugnacious ant

speciesAnoplolepis fallax

Inquiline Pugnacious Ant

speciesAnoplolepis nuptialis

Anoplolepis kohli

speciesAnoplolepis kohli

Anoplolepis opaciventris

speciesAnoplolepis opaciventris

Anoplolepis tenella

speciesAnoplolepis tenella

Anoplolepis carinata

speciesAnoplolepis carinata

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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 86494.