Anomalomyrma
| Anomalomyrma | |
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| A. taylori dealate queen (holotype specimen) | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Genus: | Anomalomyrma Taylor, 1990
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| Type species | |
| Anomalomyrma taylori | |
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| 3 species | |
Anomalomyrma is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae.[2] The genus was originally described in 1990 with the type species Anomalomyrma taylori, based on a single dealate queen from Borneo.[3] Workers were unknown until 2011, when two new species were described from Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines.[4]
Species[]
- Borowiec, et al. 2011 – Cameron Highlands, Peninsular Malaysia
- Borowiec, et al. 2011 – El Nido region of Palawan, Philippines
- Bolton, 1990 – Kinabalu Park, Sabah, Malaysia
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Anomalomyrma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Anomalomyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Bolton, B. (1990). "The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology. 15 (3): 267–282. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00063.x. S2CID 86643937.
- ^ Borowiec, M. L.; Schulz, A.; Alpert, G. D.; Baňař, P. (2011). "Discovery of the worker caste and descriptions of two new species of Anomalomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with unique abdominal morphology". Zootaxa. 2810: 1–14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2810.1.1.
External links[]
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