{{Short description|Genus of ants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Discothyrea testacea casent0006058 profile 1.jpg |image_caption = ''Discothyrea testacea'' worker |display_parents = 2 |taxon = Discothyrea |authority = Roger, 1863 |type_species = ''Discothyrea testacea'' |type_species_authority = Roger, 1863 |diversity_link = #Species |diversity = 51 species |diversity_ref = <ref name="AntCat">{{AntCat|430154|''Discothyrea''|2026|accessdate=25 February 2026}}</ref> |synonyms = ''Prodiscothyrea'' <small>Wheeler, 1916</small><br> ''Pseudosysphincta'' <small>Arnold, 1916</small> }}
'''''Discothyrea''''' is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Proceratiinae.<ref name="AWDiscothyrea"/> 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.<ref name="Garcia_et_al_2013"/> 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).<ref name="Merry&Rajan_2004"/><ref name="Katayama_2013"/>
Two fossil species, D. gigas and D. maya, are known from Dominican and Mexican amber.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Discothyrea gigas - AntCat |url=https://www.antcat.org/catalog/436431 |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=www.antcat.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discothyrea maya - AntCat |url=https://www.antcat.org/catalog/436440?qq=Discothyrea+maya |access-date=2025-12-17 |website=www.antcat.org}}</ref>
==Species== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} *''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> *†''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> *†''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> {{div col end}}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="AWDiscothyrea">{{cite web |url=http://www.antweb.org/description.do?name=Discothyrea&rank=genus&project=allantwebants |title= Genus: ''Discothyrea''|website=antweb.org |publisher=AntWeb |access-date=21 September 2013}}</ref>
<ref name="Garcia_et_al_2013">{{Cite journal | doi = 10.2982/028.101.0201| title = The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography| journal = Journal of East African Natural History| volume = 101| issue = 2| pages = 127| year = 2013| last1 = Hita Garcia | first1 = F. | last2 = Wiesel | first2 = E. | last3 = Fischer | first3 = G. | s2cid = 84797311}}</ref>
<ref name="Merry&Rajan_2004">{{citation|first1=Merry|last1=Zacharias|first2=Priyadarsanan Dharma |last2=Rajan|year=2004 |title=''Discothyrea sringerensis'' (Hymenoptera Formicidae). |journal=Zootaxa |volume=484 |pages=1–4 |doi=10.11646/zootaxa.484.1.1|url=http://archive.org/details/ants_20286 }}</ref>
<ref name="Katayama_2013">{{citation|first1=Motoki |last1=Katayama|year=2013 | title=Predatory behaviours of ''Discothyrea kamiteta'' (Proceratiinae) on spider eggs. |journal=Kontyû Tokyo |volume=5 |pages=121–124 }}</ref> }}
==External links== *{{commonscat-inline|Discothyrea|''Discothyrea''}}
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Category:Proceratiinae Category:Ant genera Category:Taxa described in 1861 Category:Taxa named by Julius Roger
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