ECITONINAE - NEW WORLD ARMY ANTS
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Gallery 1 - Eciton - Large ants with a soldier-caste bearing extraordinary ice-pick shaped mandibles. Well known for their swarming raids. (www.myrmecos.net)
FIGURE 1a - Eciton burchelli column - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1b - Eciton burchelli column - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1c - Eciton burchelli workers - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1d - Eciton burchelli soldier head detail - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1e - Eciton burchelli soldier head detail - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 1f - Eciton burchelli soldier front view - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
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Gallery 2 - Labidus - Widespread and frequently encountered ants. The former species is somewhat subterranean, the latter is known for its swarm raids both above and below ground. Neivamyrmex - The most diverse and widespread genus of the subfamily. They are specialised predators of other ant species and are not often encountered because of their subterranean habits. Males, like that in Fig 2f, are sometimes known as "Sausage Flies" because of their body shape. (www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2a - Labidus coecus - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2b - Labidus coecus soldier - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2c - Labidus coecus worker (left) and soldier (right) - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2d - Labidus praedator nest - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).
FIGURE 2e - Labidus praedator swarm - PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith May 2007).
FIGURE 2f - Neivamyrmex sp. - Mbaracayś Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyś (Alex Wild www.myrmecos.net).