Photo 4 Aug 21 notes creepycrawlieslove: According to scientists’ estimates, approximately 15 percent of all animal biomass within the Amazon is just ants.This would include Martialis heureka, a new ant species discovered in Brazil. Blind, subterranean and predatory, this new species has very ancient roots and could be a direct descendant of the first ants ever to evolve more than 120 million years ago.

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According to scientists’ estimates, approximately 15 percent of all animal biomass within the Amazon is just ants.

This would include Martialis heureka, a new ant species discovered in Brazil. Blind, subterranean and predatory, this new species has very ancient roots and could be a direct descendant of the first ants ever to evolve more than 120 million years ago.

via Invertebrata.

#ants #insects #biodiversity #Amazon #South America

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    Wouldn’t all ants be direct descendants of the first ants?
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