Camponotus saundersi

Camponotus saundersi

Taxobox
name = "Camponotus saundersi"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Formicidae
subfamilia = Formicinae
tribus = Camponotini
genus = "Camponotus"
species = "C. saundersi"
binomial = "Camponotus saundersi"
binomial_authority = Emery, 1889
range_

range_map_width = 250px

"Camponotus saundersi" is a species of ant found in Malaysia.

It has a defensive behavior of self-destructing. Two oversized, poison-filled mandibular glands run the entire length of the ant's body. When combat takes a turn for the worse, the ant violently contracts its abdominal muscles to rupture its body and spray poison in all directions.

Description

Workers are 4 to 6 mm long.Emery 1889: 516]

Footnotes

References

* (1889): Viaggio di Leonardo Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. XX. Formiche di Birmania e del Tenasserim raccolte da Leonardo Fea (1885-87). "Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale Giacomo Doria (Genova)" 2 7(27): 485-520. [ PDF]


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