The Pitchfork Ant is a rare, cryptic ant found in tropical areas bordering southern North America, named for its bizarre trident-shaped mandibles that open nearly 360 degrees and are used to impale the spiny bristles of polyxenid millipedes — the only known prey. Almost nothing is known of its biology and only a handful of specimens have ever been collected.
Habitat
Humid tropical leaf litter in extreme southern North America
Diet
Adults: polyxenid millipedes speared with trident mandibles
How common
Very rare
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