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Paratrechina
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Paratrechina

Paratrechina is one of seven ant genera (alongside Euprenolepis, Nylanderia, Paraparatrechina, Prenolepis, Pseudolasius, and Zatania) in the Prenolepis genus-group from the subfamily Formicinae (tribe Lasiini). Six species are included in Paratrechina; one of which, the longhorn crazy ant (Paratrechina longicornis), is a widespread, pantropical pest.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Longhorn Crazy Ant

speciesParatrechina longicornis

Paratrechina umbra

speciesParatrechina umbra

Paratrechina ankarana

speciesParatrechina ankarana

Paratrechina antsingy

speciesParatrechina antsingy

Paratrechina zanjensis

speciesParatrechina zanjensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 69391.