Stegomyrmex
| Stegomyrmex | |
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| Stegomyrmex vizottoi worker | |
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| Family: | Formicidae
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| Genus: | Stegomyrmex Emery, 1912
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| Stegomyrmex connectens Emery, 1912
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| 5 species | |
Stegomyrmex is a Neotropical genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] Strictly Neotropical in its distribution, the genus is known from Costa Rica to northern Argentina. It was once considered rare, but more recent sampling has revealed that the genus is relatively common in the leaf litter.[3]
Species[]
- Feitosa, Brandão & Diniz, 2008 – Brazil
- Emery, 1912 – Peru and Bolivia
- Smith, 1946 – Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia
- Feitosa, Brandão & Diniz, 2008 – Brazil
- Diniz, 1990 – Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil
References[]
- ^ Bolton, B. (2015). "Stegomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
- ^ "Genus: Stegomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Feitosa, R. M.; Brandão, C. R. F.; Diniz, J. L. M. (2008). "Revisionary studies on the enigmatic Neotropical ant genus Stegomyrmex Emery, 1912 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae), with the description of two new species". Journal of Hymenoptera Research. 17: 64–82.
External links[]
Media related to Stegomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Myrmicinae
- Ant genera
- Hymenoptera of North America
- Hymenoptera of South America
- Myrmicinae stubs