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 <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea antarctica <small>Emery, 1895</small>
- Discothyrea athene <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea banna <small>Xu et al., 2014</small>
- Discothyrea berlita <small>Fisher, 2005</small>
- Discothyrea bidens <small>Clark, 1928</small>
- Discothyrea bobi <small>Chaul, 2020</small>
- Discothyrea bryanti <small>(Wheeler, 1917)</small>
- Discothyrea chimera <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea clavicornis <small>Emery, 1897</small>
- Discothyrea crassicornis <small>Clark, 1926</small>
- Discothyrea damato <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea denticulata <small>Weber, 1939</small>
- Discothyrea diana <small>Xu et al., 2014</small>
- Discothyrea dryad <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea gaia <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- â Discothyrea gigas <small>De Andrade, 1998</small>
- Discothyrea globa <small>Forel, 1905</small>
- Discothyrea gryphon <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea hawkesi <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea horni <small>Menozzi, 1927</small>
- Discothyrea humilis <small>Weber, 1939</small>
- Discothyrea icta <small>Weber, 1939</small>
- Discothyrea isthmica <small>Weber, 1940</small>
- Discothyrea kalypso <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea kamiteta <small>Kubota & Terayama, 1999</small>
- Discothyrea leae <small>Clark, 1934</small>
- Discothyrea maia <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- â Discothyrea maya <small>De Andrade, 1998</small>
- Discothyrea michelae <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea mixta <small>Brown, 1958</small>
- Discothyrea neotropica <small>Bruch, 1919</small>
- Discothyrea oculata <small>Emery, 1901</small>
- Discothyrea patrizii <small>Weber, 1949</small>
- Discothyrea penthos <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea periyarensis <small>Bharti et al., 2015</small>
- Discothyrea poweri <small>(Arnold, 1916)</small>
- Discothyrea remingtoni <small>Brown, 1948</small>
- Discothyrea sauteri <small>Forel, 1912</small>
- Discothyrea schulzei <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea sexarticulata <small>Borgmeier, 1954</small>
- Discothyrea soesilae <small>Makhan, 2007</small>
- Discothyrea sringerensis <small>Zacharias & Rajan, 2004</small>
- Discothyrea stumperi <small>Baroni Urbani, 1977</small>
- Discothyrea testacea <small>Roger, 1863</small>
- Discothyrea traegaordhi <small>Santschi, 1914</small>
- Discothyrea turtoni <small>Clark, 1934</small>
- Discothyrea velutina <small>(Wheeler, 1916)</small>
- Discothyrea venus <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea wakanda <small>Hita-Garcia & Lieberman, 2019</small>
- Discothyrea yueshen <small>Terayama, 2009</small>
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