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Stephen Luk | all galleries >> Entomology in Ecuador >> Tiputini Biodiversity Station (2011) >> Insects of Ecuador: Tiputini >> Hymenoptera of Tiputini, Ecuador >> Ants of Tiputini, Ecuador > Myrmelachista schumanni (Formicinae)
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03-MAY-2011

Myrmelachista schumanni (Formicinae)

Tiputini Forest Reserve, Prov. Orellana, Ecuador

These are the famous 'lemon ants' which have a citrus flavour when crushed. They live in the hollowed twigs of ant-plants.
iNaturalist observation

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