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Genus Pachycondyla (Subfamily Ponerinae) - Online Catalog of Ants of North America

Genus Pachycondyla (Ponerinae)






Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery). The small colonies are found in moist, rotten wood or in soil beneath objects. They prefer dark, damp places. Food consists of small arthropods. Accidentally introduced into North America (Smith, D.R. 1979: 1341).



Pachycondyla harpax (Fabricius). Colonies of about 150 individuals are found in rotten logs and stumps or in soil beneath objects. Workers avoid direct sunlight and forage in the morning and in shade for other insects and myriapods on which they feed. There are both ergatoid and normal females (Smith, D.R. 1979: 1340).



Pachycondyla stigma (Fabricius). This species prefers to nest in moist, dead logs or stumps, occasionally under stones. It is apparently a tramp species distributed by commerce outside the New World. Whether or not it is endemic or adventive to Florida is unknown (Smith, D.R. 1979: 1340).



Pachycondyla villosa (Fabricius). Colonies occur in the soil and in logs and stumps. Workers run rapidly in the bright sun in search of insects on which they feed. They can sting severely. This is the largest ponerine ant in the USA (Smith, D.R. 1979: 1340).




Genus Pachycondyla
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