Myrmecina

Myrmecina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Myrmecina
Curtis, 1829
Type species
Myrmecina latreillii
Mayr, 1855

Myrmecina is a genus of ants in family Formicidae. It contains 46 species distributed in North America, Europe, northern Africa, India east, Korea, Japan and Australia [1][2]:

  • Myrmecina alpina Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina amamiana Terayama, 1996
  • Myrmecina americana Emery, 1895
  • Myrmecina atlantis Santschi, 1939
  • Myrmecina australis G. C. Wheeler & J. Wheeler, 1973
  • Myrmecina bandarensis Forel, 1913
  • Myrmecina brevicornis Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina butteli Forel, 1913
  • Myrmecina cacabau Mann, 1921
  • Myrmecina curtisi Donisthorpe, 1949
  • Myrmecina curvispina Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008
  • Myrmecina difficulta Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina eruga Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina flava Terayama, 1985
  • Myrmecina graminicola (Latreille, 1802)
  • Myrmecina guangxiensis Zhou, 2001
  • Myrmecina hamula Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008
  • Myrmecina harrisoni Brown, 1967
  • Myrmecina inaequala Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina kaigong Terayama, 2009
  • Myrmecina mandibularis Viehmeyer, 1914
  • Myrmecina melonii Rigato, 1999
  • Myrmecina modesta Mann, 1919
  • Myrmecina nesaea W. M. Wheeler, 1924
  • Myrmecina nipponica W. M. Wheeler, 1906
  • Myrmecina opaciventris Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina pauca Zhou, Huang & Ma, 2008
  • Myrmecina pilicornis F. Smith, 1858
  • Myrmecina polita Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina pumila Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina punctata Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina rugosa Forel, 1902
  • Myrmecina ryukyuensis Terayama, 1996
  • Myrmecina sauteri Forel, 1912
  • Myrmecina semipolita Forel, 1905
  • Myrmecina sicula André, 1882
  • Myrmecina silvalaeva Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvampla Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvangula Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvarugosa Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina silvatransversa Shattuck, 2009
  • Myrmecina sinensis W. M. Wheeler, 1921
  • Myrmecina striata Emery, 1889
  • Myrmecina strigis Lin & Wu, 1998
  • Myrmecina sulcata Emery, 1887
  • Myrmecina taiwana Terayama, 1985
  • Myrmecina transversa Emery, 1897
  • Myrmecina undulata Emery, 1900
  • Myrmecina urbanii Tiwari, 1994
  • Myrmecina vidyae Tiwari, 1994
  • Myrmecina wesselensis Shattuck, 2009

References

  1. ^ S. O. Shattuck (2009). "A revision the Australian species of the ant genus Myrmecina (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 2146: 1–21. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2009/f/z02146p021f.pdf. 
  2. ^ "Genus: Myrmecina". AntWeb. http://www.antweb.org/browse.do?rank=genus&name=myrmecina&subfamily=myrmicinae&project=worldants. Retrieved August 11, 2010.