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Cardiocondyla pirata : ウィキペディア英語版 | Cardiocondyla pirata
''Cardiocondyla pirata'', or pirate ant, is a species of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae.〔 Known from the Philippines, the female castes show a pigmentation pattern not known from any ant worldwide. Little is known about their biology. ==Description== Discovered in the Laguna, Philippines, the species belongs to an Indo-Malayan group of six species that is characterized by workers having a strongly bilobate postpetiolar sternite and a thickset mesosoma with strongly convex dorsal profile as well as wingless, ergatoid males with sickle-shaped mandibles. The female castes show a pigmentation pattern not known from any ant worldwide. If having any adaptive value, a possible function of this structure is supposed to be visual dissolution of body shape in order to irritate predators.〔
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