Cheliomyrmex
Cheliomyrmex | |
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C. megalonyx major worker | |
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Family: | Formicidae
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Genus: | Cheliomyrmex Mayr, 1870
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Mayr, 1870
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Diversity[1] | |
4 species |
Cheliomyrmex is a New World genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] In Central America, C. morosus is known from Mexico to Honduras, and Panama. C. andicola, C. audax, C. ursinus and C. megalonyx are known from Colombia and further into South America.[3]
Species[]
- Emery, 1894
- Santschi, 1921
- Wheeler, 1921
- (Smith, 1859)
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Cheliomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Cheliomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- ^ Berghoff, Stefanie M.; Franks, Nigel R. (2007). "First Record of the Army Ant Cheliomyrmex morosus in Panama and its High Associate Diversity". Biotropica. 39 (6): 771–773. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.2007.00302.x.
External links[]
- Media related to Cheliomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Dorylinae
- Ant genera
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Hymenoptera of South America
- Ant stubs