Acropyga sp. (genus) (Root-aphid ants)

Acropyga are found world wide in warm temperate and tropical areas.
Workers are small, found mainly in soil or under objects.
They rarely forage on the surface and are presumed to subsist entirely on their obligatorily-tended mealybugs, which they tend for honeydew.

Queens(alates) of this species when leaving to start a new colony will leave the nest carrying a fertile mealy bug in their jaws(useful for identifiying the genus).


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