Atopomyrmex
Atopomyrmex | |
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A. mocquerysi worker from the Central African Republic | |
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Family: | Formicidae
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Genus: | Atopomyrmex André, 1889
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Type species | |
Atopomyrmex mocquerysi André, 1889
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Diversity[1] | |
3 species |
Atopomyrmex is a small genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is known from the Afrotropics, where they nest in living wood and forage in the vegetation or on the ground.[3]
Species[]
- Snelling, 1992
- Emery, 1892
- André, 1889
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Atopomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Genus: Atopomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History. 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201. S2CID 84797311.
External links[]
- Media related to Atopomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Africa
- Myrmicinae stubs