Gesomyrmex
| Gesomyrmex Temporal range: Eocene to present | |
|---|---|
 | |
| G. howardi worker from China | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Gesomyrmecini |
| Genus: | Gesomyrmex Mayr, 1868 |
| Type species | |
| †Gesomyrmex hoernesi | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 14 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Dimorphomyrmex André, 1892 | |
Gesomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Formicinae.[2] The genus contains six extant species, known from the Indomalayan region, and seven fossil species.[1] Of the extant species, four are known only from workers (G. chaperi, G. howardi, G. kalshoveni and G. spatulatus) and two only from females (G. luzonensis and G. tobiasi).[3]
Species
- †Gesomyrmex bremii (Heer, 1849)
- †Gesomyrmex breviceps Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
- Gesomyrmex chaperi André, 1892
- †Gesomyrmex curiosus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
- †Gesomyrmex flavescens Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
- †Gesomyrmex germanicus Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
- †Gesomyrmex hoernesi Mayr, 1868
- Gesomyrmex howardi Wheeler, 1921
- Gesomyrmex kalshoveni Wheeler, 1929
- Gesomyrmex luzonensis (Wheeler, 1916)
- †Gesomyrmex miegi Théobald, 1937
- †Gesomyrmex pulcher Dlussky, Wappler & Wedmann, 2009
- Gesomyrmex spatulatus Cole, 1949
- Gesomyrmex tobiasi Dubovikov, 2004
References
- 1 2 Bolton, B. (2014). "Gesomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Gesomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Dubovikov, D. A. (2004). "A new species of the genus Gesomyrmex Mayr, 1868 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) from Vietnam.". Trudy Russkago Entomologicheskago Obshchestva 75 (1): 219–221.
External links
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