Euprenolepis procera
| Euprenolepis procera | |
|---|---|
| Workers of Euprenolepis procera feeding on a Pleurotus mushroom | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Genus: | Euprenolepis |
| Species: | E. procera |
| Binomial name | |
| Euprenolepis procera (Emery, 1900) | |
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Euprenolepis procera is a species of ant found in the rainforests of South East Asia. It was first described by Carlo Emery, an Italian entomologist, in 1900. In 2008, Witte & Maschwitz discovered that E. procera specialises in harvesting mushrooms in the rainforest for food, representing a new, previously unreported feeding strategy in ants.
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