Xenomyrmex
Appearance
Xenomyrmex | |
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Xenomyrmex stollii worker from Brazil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hymenoptera |
Family: | Formicidae |
Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
Genus: | Xenomyrmex Forel, 1885 |
Type species | |
Xenomyrmex stollii Forel, 1885
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Diversity[1] | |
3 species | |
Synonyms | |
Myrmecinella Wheeler, W.M., 1922 |
Xenomyrmex is a genus of small ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is known from Florida (United States), the West Indies, and from Mexico to at least Panama. They nest in cavities of living or dead plants.[3]
Species
[edit]- Xenomyrmex floridanus Emery, 1895
- Xenomyrmex panamanus (Wheeler, 1922)
- Xenomyrmex stollii Forel, 1885
References
[edit]- ^ Bolton, B. (2014). "Xenomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- ^ "Genus: Xenomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ^ Ettershank, G. (1966). "A generic revision of the world Myrmicinae related to Solenopsis and Pheidologeton (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Australian Journal of Zoology. 14: 73–171. doi:10.1071/zo9660073.
External links
[edit]Media related to Xenomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons