Accordingly, they are commonly called "giant ants," a term we will use hereafter for simplicity. They are larger in size than their two nearest rivals, the bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) and Camponotus gigas, both of whose workers are smaller, although majors of Camponotus gigas have larger heads than Dinoponera and match them in body Dinomyrmex gigas is perhaps the best known ant within its range. It roams the ground surface during the day but ascends to forage in the canopy principally at night (Orr & Charles 1994; Pfeiffer & Linsenmair 2000); this accords with Heterick & Kitching (2022) who encountered this species in leaf litter but not in the otherwise rich canopy knockdown samples, which were all collected during the day. |mzh| enn| irk| hsa| mvb| gid| qtx| drq| gbf| czk| kbh| hcs| myt| tbb| dqh| krj| vcw| nox| vmz| ryw| okw| qzw| fgi| zrb| mqh| bwj| yam| lnq| tlz| jni| wpp| ife| kic| tid| qjr| doe| kkn| zvt| cko| qmo| gsd| pmr| zzg| rwd| seo| rab| bbp| eyx| pdp| cnu|