Nesomyrmex
| Nesomyrmex | |
|---|---|
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| N. angulatus worker from Madagascar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrmicinae |
| Tribe: | Crematogastrini |
| Genus: | Nesomyrmex Wheeler, 1910 |
| Type species | |
| Nesomyrmex clavipilis Wheeler, 1910 | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 53 species | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Caulomyrma Forel, 1914 | |
Nesomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae.[2] The genus is distributed in the Neotropical, Afrotropical and Malagasy regions. Most species live in arid climates, but some are known from the rainforest. They nest in soil or in trees. Little is known about their biology.[3]
Species
- Nesomyrmex anduzei (Weber, 1943)
- Nesomyrmex angulatus (Mayr, 1862)
- Nesomyrmex antoinetteae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex antoniensis (Forel, 1912)
- Nesomyrmex argentinus (Santschi, 1922)
- Nesomyrmex asper (Mayr, 1887)
- Nesomyrmex brasiliensis (Kempf, 1958)
- Nesomyrmex braunsi (Forel, 1912)
- Nesomyrmex brimodus (Bolton, 1995)
- †Nesomyrmex caritatis (De Andrade, Baroni Urbani, Brandão & Wagensberg, 1999)
- Nesomyrmex cataulacoides (Snelling, 1992)
- Nesomyrmex cederbergensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex clavipilis Wheeler, 1910
- Nesomyrmex costatus (Emery, 1896)
- Nesomyrmex denticulatus (Mayr, 1901)
- †Nesomyrmex dominicanus (De Andrade, Baroni Urbani, Brandão & Wagensberg, 1999)
- Nesomyrmex echinatinodis (Forel, 1886)
- Nesomyrmex entabeni Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex evelynae (Forel, 1916)
- Nesomyrmex ezantsi Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex gibber (Donisthorpe, 1946)
- Nesomyrmex grisoni (Forel, 1916)
- Nesomyrmex humerosus (Emery, 1896)
- Nesomyrmex innocens (Forel, 1913)
- Nesomyrmex inye Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex itinerans (Kempf, 1959)
- Nesomyrmex karooensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex koebergensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex larsenae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex madecassus (Forel, 1892)
- Nesomyrmex mcgregori Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex mirassolis (Diniz, 1975)
- Nesomyrmex nanniae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex njengelanga Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex pittieri (Forel, 1899)
- Nesomyrmex pleuriticus (Kempf, 1959)
- Nesomyrmex pulcher (Emery, 1917)
- Nesomyrmex retusispinosus (Forel, 1892)
- Nesomyrmex ruani Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex rutilans (Kempf, 1958)
- Nesomyrmex saasveldensis Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex schwebeli (Forel, 1913)
- Nesomyrmex sculptiventris (Mayr, 1887)
- Nesomyrmex sikorai (Emery, 1896)
- Nesomyrmex simoni (Emery, 1895)
- Nesomyrmex spininodis (Mayr, 1887)
- Nesomyrmex stramineus (Arnold, 1948)
- Nesomyrmex tonsuratus (Kempf, 1959)
- Nesomyrmex tshiguvhoae Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex vannoorti Mbanyana & Robertson, 2008
- Nesomyrmex vargasi Longino, 2006
- Nesomyrmex vicinus (Mayr, 1887)
- Nesomyrmex wilda (Smith, 1943)
References
- ↑ Bolton, B. (2014). "Nesomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ↑ "Genus: Nesomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Hita Garcia, F.; Wiesel, E.; Fischer, G. (2013). "The Ants of Kenya (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)—Faunal Overview, First Species Checklist, Bibliography, Accounts for All Genera, and Discussion on Taxonomy and Zoogeography". Journal of East African Natural History 101 (2): 127. doi:10.2982/028.101.0201.
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