Harvesting fig seeds from bird feces by an Oriental myrmicine ant species, Acanthomyrmex ferox Emery, 1893 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
Nests of the Oriental endemic genus Acanthomyrmex often contain fig seeds (Moffet 1985). This genus is well known for having remarkably dimorphic worker castes (Moffet 1986), and the soldiers have huge heads that appear to be important for crushing fig seeds (Moffett 1985
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Asian Myrmecology, International Network for the Study of Asian Ants, Penerbit UMS
2017
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| Online Access: | http://www.myjurnal.my/public/article-view.php?id=109331 |