Ankylomyrma
| Ankylomyrma | |
|---|---|
 | |
| A. coronacantha worker | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Clade: | Euarthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Agroecomyrmecinae |
| Tribe: | Ankylomyrmini Bolton, 2003 |
| Genus: | Ankylomyrma Bolton, 1973 |
| Species: | A. coronacantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Ankylomyrma coronacantha Bolton, 1973 | |
Ankylomyrma is a genus of large arboreal ants in the subfamily Agroecomyrmecinae. It contains the single species Ankylomyrma coronacantha, the sole member of the tribe Ankylomyrmini.[1] The genus is known from Africa. Nothing is known about their biology.[2] The genus was moved from the subfamily Myrmicinae to Agroecomyrmecinae in 2014.[3]
References
- ↑ "Genus: Ankylomyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
- ↑ Bolton, B. (1981). "A revision of six minor genera of Myrmicinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Ethiopian zoogeographical region". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. 43 (4): 245–307.
- ↑ 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. 39 (4). doi:10.1111/syen.12090. ISSN 1365-3113.
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