Simopelta
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Simopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.
Simopelta is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. ==Distribution== The genus is known from central and northern South America, where they are primarily found in mid-elevation moist forests. ==Description== Workers are slender, small in size (2.1–4.9 mm), and black to orange in color. Queens are dichthadiiform (wingless and with enlarged gasters) and "morphologically simplified" relative to workers. Males remain unknown. Species have an army-ant life style, including group predation and nomadism. However, belonging to the tribe Ponerini, they are evidently ponerines and the army-ant like characters are deemed to have evolved through convergent evolution. Compared to other ponerines, colonies are large, consisting of 1,000 to 2,000 individuals. ==Species== Simopelta andersoni MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta bicolor Borgmeier, 1950 Simopelta breviscapa MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta curvata (Mayr, 1887) Simopelta fernandezi MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta jeckylli (Mann, 1916) Simopelta laevigata MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta laticeps Gotwald & Brown, 1967 Simopelta longinoda MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta longirostris MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta manni Wheeler, 1935 Simopelta mayri MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta minima (Brandao, 1989) Simopelta oculata Gotwald & Brown, 1967 Simopelta paeminosa Snelling, 1971 Simopelta pentadentata Simopelta pergandei (Forel, 1909) Simopelta quadridentata MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta transversa MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta vieirai MacKay & MacKay, 2008 Simopelta williamsi Wheeler, 1935 ==References== ==External links==
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