Discothyrea
Discothyrea is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. The genus is distributed in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, where they usually nest in rotten wood, in the leaf litter, or under stones. Little is known about their biology, but ants in this genus are thought to be specialist predators of arthropod eggs and have been observed storing eggs in their nests (probably spider eggs).
| Discothyrea | |
|---|---|
| Discothyrea testacea worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Proceratiinae |
| Tribe: | Proceratiini |
| Genus: | Discothyrea Roger, 1863 |
| Type species | |
| Discothyrea testacea Roger, 1863 | |
| Diversity | |
| 36 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Prodiscothyrea Wheeler, 1916 | |
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