A. acutiventris, which is found from India to Australia, tends subterranean, root-feeding mealybugs of the species Xenococcus annandalei.

Living, gravid females are carried in the jaws of A. acutiventris queens during their nuptial flight, to establish the symbiotic association in founding colonies.

They have antennae with 10 or 11 segments (including the scape), short palps and reduced eyes with four to 30 individual ommatidia.

[4] Acropyga is found in the Americas, southern Africa, India to Southeast Asia and Australia.

[5] They are found in leaf litter and forage on low vegetation, and will nest in various sites, including soil, bark and rotten logs.