Acanthomyrmex
| Acanthomyrmex | |
|---|---|
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| Acanthomyrmex concavus worker | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Acanthomyrmex Emery, 1893 |
| Type species | |
| Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery, 1893 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 17 species | |
Acanthomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is known from South East Asia. Its species are dimorphic, with major workers in some genera having heads twice the length (and ten times the volume) than that of the minor workers. They live in small colonies and are rarely collected in the field.[3]
Species
- Acanthomyrmex basispinosus Moffett, 1986
- Acanthomyrmex careoscrobis Moffett, 1986
- Acanthomyrmex concavus Moffett, 1986
- Acanthomyrmex crassispinus Wheeler, W.M., 1930
- Acanthomyrmex dusun Wheeler, W.M., 1919
- Acanthomyrmex ferox Emery, 1893
- Acanthomyrmex foveolatus Moffett, 1986
- Acanthomyrmex glabfemoralis Zhou & Zheng, 1997
- Acanthomyrmex humilis Eguchi, Bui & Yamane, 2008
- Acanthomyrmex laevis Moffett, 1986
- Acanthomyrmex luciolae Emery, 1893
- Acanthomyrmex mindanao Moffett, 1986
- Acanthomyrmex minus Terayama, Ito & Gobin, 1998
- Acanthomyrmex notabilis Smith, F., 1860
- Acanthomyrmex padanensis Terayama, Ito & Gobin, 1998
- Acanthomyrmex sulawesiensis Terayama, Ito & Gobin, 1998
- Acanthomyrmex thailandensis Terayama, 1995
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Acanthomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Acanthomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Moffett, M. W. (1986). "Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151: 55–89.
External links
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