Cephalotes maculatus is among the smallest species of turtle ant.

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Centromyrmex alfaroi is a completely blind ant that conducts underground raids of termite nests.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Cephalotes pusillus - turtle ant, major worker. The deep recesses on the head (the "scrobes") allow the ant to fully retract her delicate antennae.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Pseudomyrmex phyllophilus

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Procryptocerus hylaeus, worker (left) and queen.

Monte Verde, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Azteca

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Azteca

Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Portrait of a hairy crazy ant Nylanderia sp. nr. pubens.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
The taxonomy of the hairy crazy ant Nylanderia sp. is not yet settled, and the pest species is referred to variously as Nylanderia fulva, Nylanderia pubens, and Nylanderia nr. pubens.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil
Centromyrmex alfaroi is a completely blind ant that conducts underground raids of termite nests.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Centromyrmex alfaroi is a completely blind ant that conducts underground raids of termite nests.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Centromyrmex alfaroi is a completely blind ant that conducts underground raids of termite nests.

Carrancas, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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