Petalomyrmex
| Petalomyrmex | |
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| Petalomyrmex phylax | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Genus: | Petalomyrmex Snelling, 1979
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| Species: | P. phylax Snelling, 1979
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| Petalomyrmex phylax | |
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| Petalomyrmex phylax | |
Petalomyrmex (from Greek petalos, "flattened" + myrmex, "ant") is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[1] It contains the single species Petalomyrmex phylax, known only from Cameroon. The genus is closely related to Aphomomyrmex.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Genus: Petalomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Snelling, R. R. (1979). "Aphomomyrmex and a related new genus of arboreal African ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Contributions in Science (Los Angeles). 316: 1–8.
External links[]
Media related to Petalomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Endemic fauna of Cameroon
- Formicinae
- Monotypic ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Africa
- Formicinae stubs