Stigmatomma pallipes is the common dracula ant of eastern North America. Urbana, Illinois, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Stigmatomma

is an ancient group of predaceous ants found worldwide, sometimes called "dracula ants" for the adults' habit of feeding on larval hemolymph. These subterranean ants have elongate mandibles, poor vision, and a characteristic broad posterior attachment of the petiole. Many species are specialist predators of centipedes.