Trichomyrmex

Trichomyrmex
Trichomyrmex destructor worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Crematogastrini
Genus: Trichomyrmex
Mayr, 1865
Type species
Trichomyrmex rogeri
Diversity[1]
18 species
Synonyms
  • Equestrimessor Santschi, 1919
  • Holcomyrmex Mayr, 1879
  • Parholcomyrmex Emery, 1915

Trichomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. Described by Mayr in 1865, it was raised as a genus in 2015.[2] These ants are endemic to multiple continents.[2]

Species

References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "'Trichomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ward, Philip S.; Brady, Sean G.; Fisher, Brian L.; Schultz, Ted R. (July 2014). "The evolution of myrmicine ants: phylogeny and biogeography of a hyperdiverse ant clade (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology 40 (1). doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN 1365-3113.
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