Cerapachys (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant")[2] is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[3] Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely throughout the Indomalayan region.[4] The genus was revised by BoroWiec (2016) who split a number of previously synonymized genera out of Cerapachys, leaving only 5 species in the genus.[1][5]

Cerapachys
C. biroi worker from Madagascar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dorylinae
Genus: Cerapachys
Smith, 1857
Type species
Cerapachys antennatus
Diversity[1]
5 species
Synonyms

Ceratopachys Schulz, 1906
Cysias Emery, 1902
Neophyracaces Clark, 1941
Parasyscia Emery, 1882
Phyracaces Emery, 1902

Species

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References

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  1. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2021). "Cerapachys". AntCat. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Animal species: Ant-raiding Ant". australianmuseum.net.au. Australian Museum. September 2013. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. ^ "Genus: Cerapachys". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  4. ^ Bharti, H.; Akbar, S. A. (2013). "Taxonomic studies on the ant genus Cerapachys Smith (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) from India". ZooKeys (336): 79–103. Bibcode:2013ZooK..336...79B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.336.5719. PMC 3800781. PMID 24146574.
  5. ^ Borowiec, M. (2016). "Generic revision of the ant subfamily Dorylinae (Hymenoptera, Formicidae)". ZooKeys (608): 1–280. Bibcode:2016ZooK..608....1B. doi:10.3897/zookeys.608.9427. PMC 4982377. PMID 27559303.
  6. ^ a b c Borowiec, M. L. (2009). "New ant species related to Cerapachys sexspinus and discussion of the status of Yunodorylus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Zootaxa. 2069: 43–58: 46–48. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2069.1.3.
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