Dracula ants  (Adetomyrma venatrix)

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For more information on the Dracula ant see:

Factbug.org:
http://www.factbug.org/cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=557666

Ward, P.S. (1994) Adetomyrma, an enigmatic new ant genus from Madagascar (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), and its implications for ant phylogeny. Systematic Entomology, 19: 159-175.

Saux, C., Fisher, B. and Spicer, G.S. (2004) Dracula ant phylogeny as inferred by nuclear 28S rDNA sequences and implications for ant systematics (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 33: 457-468.

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