Pilotrochus

Pilotrochus
P. besmerus worker from Madagascar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Pilotrochus
Brown, 1978
Species: P. besmerus
Binomial name
Pilotrochus besmerus
Brown, 1978
Type species
Pilotrochus besmerus

Pilotrochus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae containing the single species Pilotrochus besmerus.[1] It is known from Madagascar.[2]

The name of the genus is derived from Greek plios, "hair" + trochos, "wheel"; the specific name is from Latin bes, "eight of twelve" + Greek meros, "part", referencing the 8-segmented antennae.[2]

References

  1. "Genus: Pilotrochus". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  2. 1 2 Brown, W. L., Jr. (1978 ["1977"]). "An aberrant new genus of myrmicine ant from Madagascar.". Psyche 84: 218–224. doi:10.1155/1977/41590. Check date values in: |date= (help)

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