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- who: PSYCHE et al. from the The genera Odontomachus and Anochetus constitute the ponerine tribe Odontomachini3, one of three unrelated ant tribesuthe others being the formicine Myrmoteratini and the myrmicine Dacetiniuwhich have convergently evolved a remarkable "trap jaw" mechanism (Creighton, )All odontomachines and myrmoteratines, and many dacetines, possess conspicuously elongate, linear mandibles which can close with a convulsive snap, catching prey between pointed apical teeth. Primarily a predatory adaptation, the trap jaws have been secondarily employed in defense against other ants by at least one dacetine species (Carlin, ). This paper reports evidence that Odontomachus ruginodis and other . . .
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