Apomyrma

Apomyrma stygia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Amblyoponinae
Genus: Apomyrma
Species: A. stygia
Binomial name
Apomyrma stygia
Brown, Gotwald & Levieux 1970

Apomyrma stygia is a species of ant found in West Africa, first described in 1970 (1970).[1] It is the only species in the genus Apomyrma. A newly described species, Opamyrma hungvuong, is apparently related to Apomyrma.[2] It has been suggested the ant primarily lives in tropical forests, and apparently belongs to a guild of centipede feeding ants.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Brown, W. L., Jr., W. H. Gotwald, et Levieux (1970). "A new genus of ponerine ants from West Africa (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) with ecological notes". Psyche 77 (3): 259–275. doi:10.1155/1970/64703.
  2. Yamane, Seiki, Tuan Viet Bui & Katsuyuki Eguchi (2008-05-12). "Opamyrma hungvuong, a new genus and species of ant related to Apomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Amblyoponinae)". Zootaxa 1767: 55–63.

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