Proceratium Google
Proceratium google, also known as the Google ant,
was discovered in Madagascar by Brian L. Fisher, Associate Curator of
Entomology at the California Academy of Sciences. Fisher named the ant
after the search engine Google, as a
tribute to the usefulness of Google Earth
in his research. The ant has an oddly shaped abdomen, adapted for
hunting its exclusive meal of spider eggs.
Proceratium google
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Proceratiinae
Genus: Proceratium
Species: P. google
Binomial name
Proceratium google
Fisher, 2005
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