Streblognathus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae.[2] The genus contains two species found in southern Africa.[3]

Streblognathus
Streblognathus peetersi worker from South Africa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Streblognathus
Mayr, 1862
Type species
Ponera aethiopica
F. Smith, 1858
Diversity[1]
2 species

Species

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Biology

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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).[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Streblognathus". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Genus: Streblognathus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. ^ Robertson 2002, p. 1
  • Robertson, Hamish G. (2002), "Revision of the ant genus Streblognathus (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Ponerinae).", Zootaxa, 97: 1–16, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.97.1.1
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