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The specific epithet of the ant, clavata, means "club-shaped". [2] The generic name, Paraponera, translates to "near-Ponera". [3] Because of its fearsome reputation, the ant has several Native American, Spanish, and Portuguese local names in different geographical areas; perhaps the best-known of these is the Venezuelan nickname hormiga veinticuatro (the "24 ant" or "24-hour ant"), referring ...
Paraponera is a genus of ants and the only genus in the subfamily Paraponerinae. [2] The name means "near-Ponera".[3]It consists of two species: the extant Paraponera clavata, also known as a bullet ant, found in the Neotropics, and the very small [4] fossil species Paraponera dieteri known from Dominican amber (Early Miocene; 16-19 million years ago). [5]
The genus is known from the Amazon region in South America, where they nest in soil, rotten wood or cavities excavated by other animals (beetle galleries or nests of the bullet ant, Paraponera clavata). [2] They are distributed from about 10 degrees north to 15 degrees south of the equator. [3]
Apocephalus paraponerae is a species of fly in the family Phoridae discovered by Borgmeier in 1958. This species is a parasitoid of the giant tropical ant Paraponera clavata (commonly known as the bullet ant) and uses both visual and chemical cues to locate its host.
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Poneratoxin is a paralyzing neurotoxic peptide made by the bullet ant Paraponera clavata.It prevents inactivation of voltage gated sodium channels and therefore blocks synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. [1]
Brownimecia was initially placed in the subfamily Ponerinae, until it was transferred to its own subfamily in 2003; it can be distinguished from other ants due to its unusual sickle-like mandibles and other morphological features that makes this ant unique among the Formicidae. B. clavata is also small, measuring 3.43 millimetres (0.135 in ...
Pheidole clavata is a species of ant in the genus Pheidole. [1] Pheidole clavata inhabits Eastern and Northern Africa. This species of Pheidole, like many others, are dimorphic, which means that a colony may contain one or several queens. Each colony is made up of two castes: the "minor" workers, and the "major" workers, or "soldiers".