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Cerapachys sulcinodis

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Cerapachys sulcinodis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Genus: Cerapachys
Species:
C. sulcinodis
Binomial name
Cerapachys sulcinodis
Emery, 1889
Synonyms
  • Cerapachys butteli Forel, 1913
  • Cerapachys risii Forel, 1892

Cerapachys sulcinodis is a South and Southeast Asian species of dorlyine ant first described by Emery in 1889. Colonies comprise up to 2000 workers.

Foraging ecology

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Cerapachys sulcinodis is a non-army ant doryline. Workers are diurnal and forage in groups of up to 100. They attack colonies of ants and also feed on other arthropods. Foraging, and colony productivity is high in the rainy season and pauses for the dry season.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Mizuno, Riou; Suttiprapan, Piyawan; Jaitrong, Weeyawat; Ito, Fuminori (2019). "Daily and Seasonal Foraging Activity of the Oriental Non-army Ant Doryline Cerapachys sulcinodis Species Complex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Sociobiology. 66 (2): 239. doi:10.13102/sociobiology.v66i2.3775. S2CID 202018648.