Paltothyreus

Paltothyreus
P. tarsatus worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus: Paltothyreus
Mayr, 1862
Species: Paltothyreus tarsatus
Binomial name
P. tarsatus
(Fabricius, 1798)
Type species
Formica tarsata
Fabricius, 1798
Diversity[1]
Monotypic taxon

Paltothyreus (also known as African stink ant) is a monotypic genus of ants in the subfamily Ponerinae. Paltothyreus tarsatus, the single described species, is widely distributed in Sub-Saharan Africa. Workers are very large in size (17-20 mm); queens are similar to workers, but larger (23 mm) and winged.[2]

See also

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Paltothyreus". AntCat. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  2. Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID 24943802.

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