Discothyrea is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae. The genus is distributed in the tropics and subtropics throughout the world, where they usually nest in rotten wood, in the leaf litter, or under stones. Little is known about their biology, but ants in this genus are thought to be specialist predators of arthropod eggs and have been observed storing eggs in their nests (probably spider eggs).
Two fossil species, D. gigas and D. maya, are known from Dominican and Mexican amber.
Species
Discothyrea aisnetu Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea antarctica Emery, 1895 Discothyrea athene Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea banna Xu et al., 2014 Discothyrea berlita Fisher, 2005 Discothyrea bidens Clark, 1928 Discothyrea bobi Chaul, 2020 Discothyrea bryanti (Wheeler, 1917) Discothyrea chimera Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea clavicornis Emery, 1897 Discothyrea crassicornis Clark, 1926 Discothyrea damato Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea denticulata Weber, 1939 Discothyrea diana Xu et al., 2014 Discothyrea dryad Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea gaia Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 †Discothyrea gigas De Andrade, 1998 Discothyrea globa Forel, 1905 Discothyrea gryphon Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea hawkesi Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea horni Menozzi, 1927 Discothyrea humilis Weber, 1939 Discothyrea icta Weber, 1939 Discothyrea isthmica Weber, 1940 Discothyrea kalypso Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea kamiteta Kubota & Terayama, 1999 Discothyrea leae Clark, 1934 Discothyrea maia Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 †Discothyrea maya De Andrade, 1998 Discothyrea michelae Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea mixta Brown, 1958 Discothyrea neotropica Bruch, 1919 Discothyrea oculata Emery, 1901 Discothyrea patrizii Weber, 1949 Discothyrea penthos Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea periyarensis Bharti et al., 2015 Discothyrea poweri (Arnold, 1916) Discothyrea remingtoni Brown, 1948 Discothyrea sauteri Forel, 1912 Discothyrea schulzei Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea sexarticulata Borgmeier, 1954 Discothyrea soesilae Makhan, 2007 Discothyrea sringerensis Zacharias & Rajan, 2004 Discothyrea stumperi Baroni Urbani, 1977 Discothyrea testacea Roger, 1863 Discothyrea traegaordhi Santschi, 1914 Discothyrea turtoni Clark, 1934 Discothyrea velutina (Wheeler, 1916) Discothyrea venus Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea wakanda Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019 Discothyrea yueshen Terayama, 2009
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