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2021-09-15

here comes a special boy
commission for my pal @/dropmyrmex !!!

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2021-09-11


恐ろしい角と牙のアリ　ケラトミルメクス
学名：Ceratomyrmex（Cerato-[角のある]+myrmex[アリ]）
分類：昆虫綱膜翅目アリ科ジゴクアリ亜科（Haidomyrmecinae）
生息年代：白亜紀後期
発見地：ミャンマー
体長：4.5-5.9mm

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2020-10-02


アリの始まり？　スフェコミルマ
学名：Sphecomyrma（Spheco-[ハチ]+myrmex[アリ]）
分類：昆虫綱膜翅目アリ科
生息年代：白亜紀後期
発見地：アメリカ
体長：4.2mm

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2020-09-30

Their prey were either pinned (shown here with Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri) or pierced between sharp mandibles and head appendages. Although this group was diverse during the Cretaceous, they didn't survive past the K/Pg.

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2020-08-07

The fossil dated to ~99 million years ago preserves a hell ant, Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri, grasping its prey (a nymph of the cockroach relative Caputoraptor elegans) in a manner that is only possible through vertical mandible movement.

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2020-08-07

Gigantiops, Ectatomma, Paraponera, Neivamyrmex

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2020-02-29