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Odontomachus cephalotes
Cape York Peninsula, Queensland, Australia

photograph © Alex Wild 2004

An Odontomachus trap-jaw ant forages on the forest floor.  These large insects are common in tropical habitats worldwide.

 
Australia, QLD: Mungkan Kandju National Park
27 km NNE Coen, McIlwraith range
24.viii.2004, 13º43.652'S 143º19.769'E, 530m
Rainforest.
#AW2493, voucher specimens deposited at ALWC

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