Myrmicaria
| Myrmicaria | |
|---|---|
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| M. brunnea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Solenopsidini |
| Genus: | Myrmicaria Saunders, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
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| Diversity[1] | |
| 32 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Heptacondylus Smith, 1857 | |
Myrmicaria is an ant genus within the subfamily Myrmicinae.
Description[]
Myrmicaria can be discerned from related ant genera by a with a complete tergosternal fusion, a postpetiole-gaster articulation shifted ventrally on the gaster, and an antenna with seven segments.[2]
Biochemistry[]
430A, a heptacyclic alkaloid, was isolated from the poison glands of African Myrmicaria. The structure of its carbon skeleton was previously unknown.[3]
Species[]
- Arnold, 1960
- (Smith, 1857)
- Santschi, 1925
- Arnold, 1960
- Forel, 1901
- Forel, 1902
- Myrmicaria brunnea Saunders, 1842
- (Smith, 1857)
- Crawley, 1924
- Santschi, 1925
- Andre, 1890
- Arnold, 1947
- (Jerdon, 1851)
- Santschi, 1925
- Santschi, 1916
- Stitz, 1911
- Santschi, 1925
- Forel, 1910
- Emery, 1900
- Emery, 1900
- Myrmicaria natalensis (Smith, 1858)
- (Mayr, 1862)
- Emery, 1893
- Santschi, 1925
- Arnold, 1958
- (Smith, 1860)
- Santschi, 1925
- Wheeler, 1922
- Stitz, 1911
- Santschi, 1925
- (Guerin-Meneville, 1849)
- Smith, 1858
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Myrmicaria". AntCat. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
- ^ Tree of Life Web Project. 2004. Myrmicaria. Version 4 October 2004 (temporary). in The Tree of Life Web Project
- ^ Schröder, F.; Baumann, H.; Kaib, M. & Sinnwell, V. (1996): Myrmicarin 430A: a new heptacyclic alkaloid from Myrmicaria ants. Chem. Commun. 1996: 2139-2140. doi:10.1039/CC9960002139
External links[]
Media related to Myrmicaria at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Ant genera
- Taxa named by William Wilson Saunders
- Myrmicinae stubs