Ooceraea
| Cerapachys | |
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| C. biroi worker from Madagascar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Dorylinae |
| Genus: |
Cerapachys Smith, 1857 |
| Type species | |
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Cerapachys antennatus |
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| Diversity | |
| 156 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Ceratopachys Schulz, 1906 |
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Ceratopachys Schulz, 1906
Chrysapace Crawley, 1924
Cysias Emery, 1902
Lioponera Mayr, 1879
Neophyracaces Clark, 1941
Ooceraea Roger, 1862
Parasyscia Emery, 1882
Phyracaces Emery, 1902
Syscia Roger, 1861
Yunodorylus Xu, 2000
Cerapachys (common names include "raider ant" and "ant-raiding ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Dorylinae. Species are mainly myrmecophagous ants which raid the nests of other ants for prey. The genus is distributed widely throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, with the majority of species known from the Indo-Australian region.
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