Longhurst C, Johnson R A, Wood T G
Termite Research Project, Agricultural Research Station, via Jebba, Mokwa, Nigeria.
Oecologia. 1978 Jan;32(1):101-107. doi: 10.1007/BF00344694.
At Mokwa, in the Nigerian southern Guinea Savanna, Macrotermitinae are the only recorded prey of the obligate termite predator, Megaponera foetens. The main prey species is Macrotermes bellicosus (141 termites m a) followed by Odontotermes spp. (42 termites m a). Predation on other species, Ancistrotermes cavithorax, Macrotermes subhyalinus and Microtermes spp., amounts to only 10 termites m a. Macrotermes bellicosus is not the most abundant termite in the primary savanna. It is concluded that factors including termite abundance, termite foraging regimes and seasonality, termite biomass and the reactions of the ants to the termites and their products are involved in successful predation of termites by Megaponera.
在尼日利亚南部几内亚稀树草原的莫夸，大白蚁亚科是专性白蚁捕食者——恶臭大齿猛蚁唯一有记录的猎物。主要猎物种类是争斗大白蚁（每平方米141只白蚁），其次是齿白蚁属（每平方米42只白蚁）。对其他种类的捕食，如洞穴钩白蚁、淡色大白蚁和小白蚁属，每平方米仅10只白蚁。争斗大白蚁并非原生稀树草原中数量最多的白蚁。得出的结论是，包括白蚁数量、白蚁觅食模式和季节性、白蚁生物量以及蚂蚁对白蚁及其产物的反应等因素，都与恶臭大齿猛蚁成功捕食白蚁有关。
