DOLICHIDERINAE - ODOROUS ANTS
Many thanks to Alex Wild at www.myrmecos.net for his work on Paraguayan ants and his permission to reproduce much of the information included in the ant sections of the FAUNA Paraguay page.
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Gallery 1 - Azteca - Aggressive and arboreal Neotropical ants. Nests in plant cavities with which, in many cases, obligate relationships have evolved. (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 1a - Azteca alfari worker - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1b - Azteca alfari leaving nest - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1c - Azteca alfari nest - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 1d - Azteca sp.workers - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 1e - Azteca sp. soldier (right) and worker (left)- Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net)
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Gallery 2 - Dolichoderus - Morphologically diverse ants with a worldwide distribution. Tend nectaries and honey-dew secreting species. Dorymyrmex (Cone Ants) - Soil-nesting ants of arid areas. Nest entrances often with volcano-shaped entrance-
FIGURE 2a - Dolichoderus germaini - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2b - Dorymyrmex brunneus - Departamento Ñeembucú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2c - Dorymyrmex thoracicus  - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2d - Dorymyrmex thoracicus nest - San Lorenzo, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 3 - Forelius - Thermophilic New World ants of arid habitats, active throughout the day. Soil nesters.
FIGURE 3a - Forelius brasiliensis - Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3b - Forelius brasiliensis - Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3c - Forelius brasiliensis crater mound nest - Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3d - Forelius sp .- Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3e - Forelius sp. - Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 3f - Forelius sp. - Departamento Boquerón (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 4 - Gracilidris - A single extant species that is a rare and nocturnal inhabitant of south-east South America. This species is new to science and was described only recently. The nest is a tiny turret with a side entrance invisible from above and scarcely wider than the ants themselves.
FIGURE 4a - Gracilidris pombero - 5km SE of Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 4b - Gracilidris pombero - 5km SE of Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 4c - Gracilidris pombero - 5km SE of Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 4d - Gracilidris pombero nest - 5km SE of Pozo Colorado, Departamento Presidente Hayes (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 5 Linepithema - Easily overlooked but ecologically important Neotropical forest ants.
FIGURE 5a - Linepithema aztecoides worker - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5b - Linepithema cerradense - Guarambaré, Departamento Central (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5c - Linepithema iniquum - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5d - Linepithema neotropicum - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5e - Linepithema neotropicum - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 5f - Linepithema neotropicum nest - Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).