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In this video, I break down one of the strangest and most cryptic ant genera in North America: Probolomyrmex — and the work of Dr. Sean O’Keefe that helped bring these ants out of obscurity.

Probolomyrmex are tiny, cryptic, subterranean ants with almost no eyes, bizarre head morphology, and a lifestyle that makes them nearly invisible to collectors. Dr. O’Keefe found a novel series of them in 1996

This video is part of my Ant Papers series, where I walk through real ant research papers and explain what actually matters, why it matters, and what questions are still unanswered.

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