双刺猛蚁属

双刺猛蚁属（学名：Diacamma）又称双棱针蚁属，是猛蚁亚科之下的一个属。

 特性 
该属的物种较其他猛蚁而言較為原始，因为这种蚂蚁没有，只得靠来繁殖。因此时常发生同類内斗。

 阶级关系 
性工蚁会咬掉新生工蚁的翅芽（英文：Wing buds）来阻止它们争夺繁殖权位。性工蚁会释放一种信息素来抑制工蚁，防止它们生殖器官发育而发生叛变。群落壮大后，性工蚁的信息素不足以压制所有工蚁，然后工蚁会发生叛变，它们会共同壓迫性工蚁，把性工蚁杀死。

工蚁有时会偷产卵，由于没有受精，只能孵化出雄蚁，但大多數都会被同伴吃掉。

 下属物种 
 弧凹双刺猛蚁 Diacamma arcococavis
 Diacamma assamense Emery, 1897
 澳洲双刺猛蚁 Diacamma australe (Fabricius, 1775)
 Diacamma baguiense Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
 Diacamma bispinosum (Le Guillou, 1842)
 锡兰双刺猛蚁  Emery, 1897
 Diacamma ceylonense ceylonense Santschi, 1932
Diacamma ceylonense orbiculatum Emery, 1897
 Diacamma colosseense Forel, 1915
 Diacamma cupreum (Smith, 1860)
 Diacamma cyaneiventre André, 1887
 Diacamma holosericeum (Roger, 1860)
  Santschi, 1920
 Diacamma intricatum (Smith, 1857)
 Diacamma jacobsoni Forel, 1912
 Diacamma leve Crawley, 1915
 Diacamma longitudinale Emery, 1889
 Diacamma palawanicum Emery, 1900
苍白双刺猛蚁 Diacamma pallidum (Smith, 1858)
 Diacamma panayense Wheeler & Chapman, 1925
 Diacamma purpureum (Smith, 1863)
 Diacamma rugivertex Emery, 1902
聚纹双刺猛蚁  (Le Guillou, 1842)
聚纹双刺猛蚁横纹亚种 Diacamma rugosum anceps Emery, 1896
 Diacamma rugosum arcuatum Karavaiev, 1925
 Diacamma rugosum balinense Karavaiev, 1925
 Diacamma rugosum birmanum Emery, 1887
 Diacamma rugosum celebense Emery, 1887
 Diacamma rugosum doveri Mukerjee, 1934
 Diacamma rugosum gibbosum Karavaiev, 1935
 Diacamma rugosum hortense Karavaiev, 1925
 聚纹双刺猛蚁爪哇亚种 Diacamma rugosum javanum Emery, 1887
 Diacamma rugosum jerdoni Forel, 1903
 Diacamma rugosum latispinum Karavaiev, 1925
 Diacamma rugosum lombokense Emery, 1897
 聚纹双刺猛蚁长头亚种 Diacamma rugosum longiceps Santschi, 1932
 Diacamma rugosum ovale Karavaiev, 1935
 Diacamma rugosum rothneyi Forel, 1900
 指名亚种 Diacamma rugosum rugosum (Le Guillou, 1842)
 Diacamma rugosum sculptum Jerdon, 1851
 Diacamma rugosum sikkimense Forel, 1903
 Diacamma rugosum timorense Emery, 1887
 刀双刺猛蚁 Diacamma scalpratum (Smith, 1858)
 Diacamma schoedli Shattuck & Barnett, 2006
 Diacamma sericeiventre Stitz, 1925
紫青双刺猛蚁 Diacamma viridipurpureum Emery, 1893

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