During a recently concluded study conducted over the last ten years, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) working with the Madagascar Biodiversity Center (MBC) have discovered and described six new species of ants belonging to the genus Prionopelta. Commonly, known as ‘Dracula Ants’ for their unique feeding behavior, these new members of Prionopelta have been found to be tiny, ferocious social predators living within the subterranean, microscopic ecosystem of the forest floor soils in Madagascar.READ MORE-http://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/wolves-of-the-microscopic-world-new-dracula-ant-species-found-in-madagascar/
Saturday 21 November 2015
Wolves of the microscopic world: new Dracula ant species found in Madagascar
During a recently concluded study conducted over the last ten years, researchers from the California Academy of Sciences (CAS) working with the Madagascar Biodiversity Center (MBC) have discovered and described six new species of ants belonging to the genus Prionopelta. Commonly, known as ‘Dracula Ants’ for their unique feeding behavior, these new members of Prionopelta have been found to be tiny, ferocious social predators living within the subterranean, microscopic ecosystem of the forest floor soils in Madagascar.READ MORE-http://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/wolves-of-the-microscopic-world-new-dracula-ant-species-found-in-madagascar/
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