Myrmoteras iriodum Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
A worker trap-jaw ant (Myrmoteras iriodum) inches forward through the leaf litter. Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
Myrmoteras sp.
Maliau Basin, Borneo.
Portrait of a formicine trap-jaw ant with her mandibles fully open. Laboratory colony at the University of Illinois, collected originally from Maliau Basin, Borneo.
Myrmoteras iriodum
Danum Valley Field Centre, Sabah Borneo
A male trap-jaw ant's mandibles are reduced to tiny nubs. Maliau Basin, Borneo.
In contrast to the massive maw of females, male Myrmoteras trap-jaw ant mandibles are so small as to be barely visible. Maliau Basin, Borneo.
