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Paraponera clavata🐜

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SpeciesHymenopteraFormicidae
Arthropods

🐜Paraponera clavata

Paraponera clavata (Fabricius, 1775)

子彈蟻（学名：Paraponera clavata）是一種螞蟻，只居住在中南美洲。 子彈蟻的體型可超過2.5公分，是世界上體形最大的螞蟻之一。由於被兇狠的針一下的話就會感受到好像被子彈打到的那種疼痛，被冠以子彈蟻這樣的稱呼。子彈蟻能掠食像小型蛙的獵物，即使只有一隻也可以捕食比自身大好幾倍的昆蟲。唯一的剋星是比較小的寄生蠅。牠也是世界上被咬到最痛的昆蟲。 巴西亞馬遜州的Mawé族原住民會將子彈蟻放入竹編手套，用於成年男性的成年禮中。只有扛过了被子弹蚁蜇伤的剧痛感，他们才会被冠以真男人的称号，并且被允许与女人结婚。

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumArthropoda
  3. ›classInsecta
  4. ›orderHymenoptera
  5. ›familyFormicidae
  6. ›genusParaponera
  7. ›speciesParaponera clavata
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  1. classInsects · Insecta
  2. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  3. subfamilyParaponerinae
  4. genusParaponera
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. subphylumHexapoda
  4. classInsects · Insecta
  5. subclassPterygota
  6. orderAnts, bees & wasps · Hymenoptera
  7. superfamilyFormicoidea
  8. familyFormicidae
  9. subfamilyParaponerinae
  10. genusParaponera
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子彈蟻 (zh), Formiga-cabo-verde (pt), 24-Stunden-Ameise (de), サシハリアリ (ja), Paraponera clavata (pl), 총알개미 (ko) … and 19 more languages
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