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Ooceraea biroi - Clonal Raider Ants - Care Guide and Ecology

Ooceraea Biroi previously known as Cerapachys Biroi, from the Greek keras [κέρας], meaning horn and pachys [παχυς] meaning thick, the "thick-horn" ant.

Referring to the thick antennae of ants in this genus, possibly an adaptation against being severed when attacked by other ants. Biroi comes from Lajos Biró, the Hungarian naturalist who collected the type specimens.

Their common name is the clonal raider ants.

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