Apomyrma
| Apomyrma stygia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Amblyoponinae |
| Genus: | Apomyrma |
| Species: | A. stygia |
| Binomial name | |
| Apomyrma stygia Brown, Gotwald & Levieux 1970 | |
Apomyrma stygia is a species of ant found in West Africa, first described in 1970 (1970).[1] It is the only species in the genus Apomyrma. A newly described species, Opamyrma hungvuong, is apparently related to Apomyrma.[2] It has been suggested the ant primarily lives in tropical forests, and apparently belongs to a guild of centipede feeding ants.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Brown, W. L., Jr., W. H. Gotwald, et Levieux (1970). "A new genus of ponerine ants from West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with ecological notes". Psyche 77 (3): 259–275. doi:10.1155/1970/64703.
- ↑ Yamane, Seiki, Tuan Viet Bui & Katsuyuki Eguchi (2008-05-12). "Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)". Zootaxa 1767: 55–63.
External links
Media related to Apomyrma stygia at Wikimedia Commons- Dracula ant phylogeny: