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Gnamptogenys Roger, 1863

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Overview 
Gnamptogenys  forms small colonies with less than 100 workers in rotten logs on the ground. Workers are general predators on arthropods and forage in leaf litter.


Front of head.
 
Side of body.
 

Top of body.
 



This taxon is known from these habitats
The following rows were recorded as a pair from a single record.
Blank entries indicate no information was recorded.
Environment/MacrohabitatSituation/Microhabitat
Degraded coastal hill forest on granite forest litter Qttre tullgren 
Degraded coastal hill forest on granite small colony in dry bracket fungus on log 
Forest Litter 
Lowland Rainforest ex rotten log 
Lowland Rainforest in rotten wood in soil 
Lowland rainforest onl og 
Lowland rainforest, steep slope, fairly dry Ex cavities close to Platythyrea & termite galleri 
Rainforest  
Rainforest Berlesate 
Rainforest ex rotten log 
Rainforest ex rtn log 
Rainforest ex rtn. frag. 
Rainforest ex rtn. log 
Rainforest in rotten wood in soil 
rainforest litter 
Rainforest nest ex Passalid stage rtn. wood 
Rainforest nest ex rtn log 
Rainforest Zoraptera stage rtn. log 
Rubber plantn. edge rainforest  

 

 

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