Acanthomyrmex

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Acanthomyrmex
Acanthomyrmex concavus casent0101061 profile 1.jpg
Acanthomyrmex concavus worker
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Acanthomyrmex
Emery, 1893
Type species
Acanthomyrmex luciolae
Emery, 1893

Acanthomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[1] 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.[2] There are 17 species of Acanthomyrmex.[3]

List of species[]

Scientific name[3] Authority Major worker picture Minor worker picture
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[]

  1. ^ "Genus: Acanthomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. ^ Moffett, M. W. (1986). "Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 151: 55–89.
  3. ^ a b Bolton, B. (2014). "Acanthomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.

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