Hylomyrma balzani

Hylomyrma balzani
Hylomyrma balzani worker specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Genus: Hylomyrma
Species: H. balzani
Binomial name
Hylomyrma balzani
Emery, 1894

Hylomyrma balzani is an ant of the genus Hylomyrma native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.[1] It was described by Emery in 1894, where the first specimen of a worker was described.[2]

References

  1. Kempf, W. W. 1960f. Miscellaneous studies on Neotropical ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae). Stud. Entomol. (n.s.) 3: 417-466 (page 434, Combination in Hylomyrma, and senior synonym of speciosa)
  2. Emery, C. 1894d. Studi sulle formiche della fauna neotropica. VI-XVI. Bull. Soc. Entomol. Ital. 26: 137-241 (page 165, worker described)

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