Streblognathus
{{Short description|Genus of ants}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Streblognathus peetersi casent0173636 profile 1.jpg
|image_caption = Streblognathus peetersi worker from South Africa
|display_parents = 2
|taxon = Streblognathus
|authority = Mayr, 1862
|type_species = Ponera aethiopica
|type_species_authority = F. Smith, 1858
|diversity_link = #Species
|diversity = 2 species
|diversity_ref = {{AntCat|430132|Streblognathus|2014|accessdate=4 July 2014}}
}}
Streblognathus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. The genus contains two species found in southern Africa.
Species
- Streblognathus aethiopicus (Smith, 1858)
- Streblognathus peetersi Robertson, 2002
Biology
Both species of Streblognathus lack morphological queens. They belong to the minority of Ponerinae in which all workers are able to mate and store sperm. Young nestmate workers interact aggressively to establish a dominance hierarchy that regulates which individual becomes the single gamergate (mated egglaying worker).
References
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{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Streblognathus&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Streblognathus |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=23 September 2013}}
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- {{citation |last1=Robertson |first1=Hamish G. |year=2002 |title=Revision of the ant genus Streblognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae). |journal=Zootaxa |volume=97 |pages=1–16 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.97.1.1 }}
- {{OA-attribution| {{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Streblognathus&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: Streblognathus |date= |website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |accessdate=23 September 2013}} }}
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External links
- {{commonscat-inline|Streblognathus|Streblognathus}}
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Category:Hymenoptera of Africa
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