Melophorus
| Melophorus | |
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| Melophorus anderseni worker | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Tribe: | Melophorini Forel, 1912
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| Genus: | Melophorus Lubbock, 1883
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| Type species | |
| Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 23 species | |
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Erimelophorus Wheeler, 1935 | |
Head view of ant Melophorus majeri specimen
Melophorus (meaning "honey carrier")[2] is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae and the sole member of the tribe Melophorini.[3] The genus is endemic to Australia, where its species are common in arid and semiarid areas.[4]
Species[]
- (Lowne, 1865)
- Agosti, 1998
- Melophorus bagoti Lubbock, 1883
- Forel, 1907
- McAreavey, 1949
- Santschi, 1928
- Forel, 1902
- Forel, 1910
- Clark, 1941
- Forel, 1902
- Wheeler, 1934
- (Emery, 1887)
- Wheeler, 1915
- Forel, 1902
- Agosti, 1998
- Forel, 1910
- Forel, 1915
- Forel, 1915
- Santschi, 1919
- McAreavey, 1947
- Forel, 1915
- Forel, 1910
- Forel, 1910
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Melophorus". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Schultheiss, P.; Schwarz, S.; Wystrach, A. (2010). "Nest Relocation and Colony Founding in the Australian Desert Ant, Melophorus bagoti Lubbock (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 2010: 1–4. doi:10.1155/2010/435838.
- ^ "Genus: Melophorus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Schultheiss, P.; Schwarz, S.; Cheng, K.; Wehner, R. D. (2012). "Foraging ecology of an Australian salt-pan desert ant (genus Melophorus)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 60 (5): 311. doi:10.1071/ZO12096. S2CID 86050964.
External links[]
Media related to Melophorus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Formicinae
- Ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Australia
- Formicinae stubs