“…Their modified ovipositor, located at the terminal region of the abdomen, functions as a sort of tubular sting that injects venom directly into their prey, enabling a more varied diet (STEEN et al, 2005). These ants have the ability to deliver painful stings that can result in a diverse range of injuries to the victim, from the pain of the sting itself to systemic manifestations such as fever, sweating, tremors, nausea, vomiting, lymphadenopathy, and cardiac arrhythmias (HADDAD et al, 1996;COSTA et al, 2018;SHARMA e UPADHYAY et al, 2021;AGARWAL et al, 2022).…”