South American grooved ant

Poneracantha triangularis

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae

Poneracantha triangularis is a Neotropical species of ant in the subfamily Ectatomminae. Native to the forests of South and Central America, P. triangularis is a predatory ant that feeds on millipedes.

Distribution

South American grooved ant — (c) Blake Bringhurst, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 24Argentina · 2

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Blake Bringhurst, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionPoneracantha triangularis, Wikipedia contributors

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