Cerapachys

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Cerapachys is a genus of predatory, army ant–like ants known for their specialized raiding behavior and placement within the subfamily Dorylinae.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cerapachys canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ant genus ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
behavior specialized raiding behavior ⓘ
belongsToGroup doryline ants ⓘ
class Insecta ⓘ
colonyOrganization eusocial ⓘ
queen–worker caste system ⓘ
diet predatory ⓘ
ecologicalRole invertebrate predator ⓘ
family Formicidae ⓘ
foragingStrategy raiding ⓘ
geographicDistribution Afrotropical region ⓘ
Australasian region ⓘ
linked to: Australasian realm

Indomalayan region ⓘ
linked to: Indomalayan realm

Old World tropics ⓘ
habitat leaf litter ⓘ
rotting wood ⓘ
soil ⓘ
hasCharacteristic cryptic, subterranean lifestyle ⓘ
slender body form ⓘ
specialized raiding on other arthropods or ant brood ⓘ
well-developed mandibles ⓘ
hasCommonName cerapachine ants ⓘ
isMonophyleticWithin Dorylinae ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
morphologicalTrait elongate mandibles adapted for predation ⓘ
narrow waist (petiole) with one or two nodes ⓘ
reduced eyes in many species ⓘ
order Hymenoptera ⓘ
phylum Arthropoda ⓘ
previousSubfamilyPlacement Cerapachyinae ⓘ
primaryPrey ant brood ⓘ
other ants ⓘ
small arthropods ⓘ
raidingPattern organized group raids ⓘ
recognizedBy myrmecologists ⓘ
reproductiveSystem winged queens ⓘ
studiedFor army ant–like raiding behavior ⓘ
specialized predation on other ants ⓘ
subfamily Dorylinae ⓘ
taxonomicHistory subject to revision and species transfers to other doryline genera ⓘ
taxonomicRank genus ⓘ
typeOf army ant–like ant ⓘ
predatory ant ⓘ
workerCaste wingless workers ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dorylinae → includesGenus → Cerapachys ⓘ
Cylindromyrmex → relatedTo → Cerapachys ⓘ