Armadillo ant

Tatuidris, or armadillo ant, is a rare genus of ants consisting of a single species, Tatuidris tatusia. The ants are small in size and inhabit the leaf litter of Neotropical forests in Central and South America, from Mexico to Brazil. Workers are ferruginous-colored to dark red and present a distinctive morphology, consisting of a shield-like head with a broad vertex, ventrally-turned heavy mandibles which do not overlap at full closure, and unique among ants – an antenna socket apparatus sitting upside-down.

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Tatuidris es un género de hormigas que solo contiene la especie Tatuidris tatusia. Se distribuyen por la zona Neotropical. Referencias AntWiki - Bringing Ants to the World.