Discothyrea mixta transporting a prey egg with a first-instar ant larva. Kibale forest, Uganda JTL-7912 - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Discothyrea

is a genus of small, robust proceratiine ants found in warm climates worldwide. These litter-dwelling insects are apparently predators of spider eggs, although the biology of most species remains unstudied.

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Discothyrea mixta belongs to an African lineage with an unusually pronounced frontal lobe on the head.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

Discothyrea mixta

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

Discothyrea mixta queen with brood.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

Discothyrea mixta nest, with piles of arthropod eggs of different species kept as food for the growing larvae.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

Discothyrea mixta transporting a prey egg with a first-instar ant larva.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

A Discothyrea worker forages through the leaf litter in an African forest.

Kibale forest, Uganda

Discothyrea mixta transporting a prey egg with a first-instar ant larva.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

JTL-7912" href="javascript:openLB(2192835872,'',XLarge,'',1024,683);"> Discothyrea mixta transporting a prey egg with a first-instar ant larva.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

Discothyrea mixta transporting a prey egg with a first-instar ant larva.

Kibale forest, Uganda
JTL-7912

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Keywords: ants larvae brood ant food proceratiinae discothyrea arthropod eggs mixta4

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