Longhurst C, Johnson R A, Wood T G
Termite Research Project, Agricultural Research Station, Mokwa, Nigeria.
Oecologia. 1979 Jan;38(1):83-91. doi: 10.1007/BF00347826.
The myrmicine ant Decamorium uelense is a predator of small termites which feed inside their food sources of roots and plant debris. The ant uses a specialized recruitment regime to secure its prey. A scout ant searches for foraging termites and returns to the nest where it recruits a column of 10-30 ants which attack and immobilize the termites. A mass recruitment phase is then instigated, with larger numbers of ants retrieving the prey. The major prey item is Microtermes (consumed at an annual rate of 632 termites m), with other small termites accounting for 0.5% of the total predation. The annual predation of Microtermes in primary savanna woodland by D. uelense removes 74% of the standing population.
蚁亚科的韦氏德卡蚁是小型白蚁的捕食者，这些白蚁以根部和植物残骸作为食物来源。这种蚂蚁采用特殊的招募机制来捕获猎物。一只侦察蚁寻找觅食的白蚁，然后返回巢穴，在那里它招募一列10 - 30只蚂蚁，这些蚂蚁会攻击并制服白蚁。接着会进入大规模招募阶段，更多的蚂蚁会去取回猎物。主要的猎物是小白蚁（年捕食率为每平方米632只白蚁），其他小型白蚁占总捕食量的0.5%。在原生稀树草原林地中，韦氏德卡蚁对白蚁的年捕食量占现存种群数量的74%。
