Anomalomyrma

Anomalomyrma
A. taylori dealate queen (holotype specimen)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Leptanillinae
Tribe: Anomalomyrmini
Genus: Anomalomyrma
Taylor, 1990
Type species
Anomalomyrma taylori
Diversity[1]
3 species

Anomalomyrma is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae.[2] The genus was originally described in 1990 with the type species Anomalomyrma taylori, based on a single dealate queen from Borneo.[3] Workers were unknown until 2011, when two new species were described from Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines.[4]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Anomalomyrma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Anomalomyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Bolton, B. (1990). "The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae).". Systematic Entomology 15: 267–282. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00063.x.
  4. Borowiec, M. L.; Schulz, A.; Alpert, G. D.; Baňař, P. (2011). "Discovery of the worker caste and descriptions of two new species of Anomalomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with unique abdominal morphology.". Zootaxa 2810: 1–14.

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