Pilotrochus
| Pilotrochus | |
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| P. besmerus worker from Madagascar | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Tribe: | Attini
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| Genus: | Pilotrochus Brown, 1978
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| Species: | P. besmerus
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| Pilotrochus besmerus Brown, 1978
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| Pilotrochus besmerus | |
Pilotrochus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Pilotrochus besmerus.[1] It is known from Madagascar.[2]
The name of the genus is derived from Greek plios, "hair" + trochos, "wheel"; the specific name is from Latin bes, "eight of twelve" + Greek meros, "part", referencing the eight-segmented antennae.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Genus: Pilotrochus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ a b Brown, W. L., Jr. (1977). "An aberrant new genus of myrmicine ant from Madagascar". Psyche. 84 (3–4): 218–224. doi:10.1155/1977/41590.
External links[]
Media related to Pilotrochus besmerus at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Monotypic ant genera
- Hymenoptera of Africa
- Myrmicinae stubs