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Dorylus spp. Long, narrow bodied, workers blind, possess stings, one
node to pedicel. Male winged, female apterous. Resemble termites,
attracted to light, cut plants at ground level or roots, (See Huston T. C.
1936 Trop. Agr. £7:293. The Root eating ant). Aenictus spp. Akin to
Dorylus but pedicel 2 jointed. Hunt in columns of 3 and 4 abreast. Very
feroceous. Male attracted to light. Brown or yellow, head black. L, 2.3-7
mm. (See Wroughton 1892. i. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 7:177 Our ants.)
Lioponera spp. Black, thorax red shining. Antennae close together. Pedicel
one jointed, rectangular, L. 2-4 mm. C. aitkeni. Red, elongate, narrow,
eyes small, lateral. Abdomen black. L. 5 mm. Anochetus spp. Reddish
brown, abdomen darker. Head irregularly rectangular, eyes prominent, L.
3-7 mm. Lobopelta spp. Black with reddish tinge, metallic lustre, pedicel
one jointed. Head longish, eyes higher up. Make sound audible to man.
Move in columns of 2-4 in military formation, feed on termites, other
animals. L. 5-6 nun.
D. vagans. Black, greenish tint, tips of appendages, legs red. Mandibles
large, body lined. L. 8-13 mm. Nest under stone, brick work etc. Possess
pungent sting. Probably feed on Camponotus spp. and caterpillars. Ponera
spp. 2.5 to 3.5 mm. Yellowish, head broader behind, oval, no mandibles.
Thorax narrow, node conspicuous. Bothroponera spp. Head quadrangular,
no mandibles, pedicel one jointed, sting conspicuous, powerful. Dull
black, antennae and legs reddish. Abdominal tip red. L. 5 mm. to 15 mm,
Sima spp. Black, pedicel 2 jointed. Thorax elongate constricted in the
middle, hind portion raised conspicuously. Abdomen long with sting.
Thorax, antennae red, L, 10-12 mm. Virulent sting causes inflamation.
Mimicked by many spiders and wasps. Nests in tree hollows, bamboos etc.
M. brunnea. Brown, shining. L. 5-8 mm. Head short rounded, thorax
with spines at both ends, petiole long. Nests in ground, heaps earth in
grains at entrance. Bites tips of buds, feeds on exuding juice in groups and
on plant tissues. Pest in citrus groves. Crematogaster spp. (Tree ants) make
globular nests of papery material in trees or nest in tree trunk hollows,
attack mantid eggs and other insects. Bite freely. Keep ant cattle. Turn up
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