Acanthomyrmex

Acanthomyrmex
Acanthomyrmex concavus worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Acanthomyrmex
Emery, 1893
Type species
Acanthomyrmex luciolae
Emery, 1893
Diversity[1]
17 species

Acanthomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is known from South East Asia. Its species are dimorphic, with major workers in some genera having heads twice the length (and ten times the volume) than that of the minor workers. They live in small colonies and are rarely collected in the field.[3]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Acanthomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Acanthomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Moffett, M. W. (1986). "Revision of the myrmicine genus Acanthomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 151: 55–89.

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