Nomamyrmex
Nomamyrmex is a genus of army ants in the subfamily Dorylinae.[2] Its two species are distributed in the Neotropics: Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is known from southern United States to northern Argentina, and Nomamyrmex hartigii is known from Mexico to southern Brazil.[3] Nomamyrmex esenbeckii is the only known predator of mature colonies of Atta leaf-cutter ants.[4][5][6]
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| N. esenbeckii media worker | |
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| Genus: | Nomamyrmex Borgmeier, 1936 |
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| Eciton crassicornis | |
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| 2 species | |
Species
- Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Westwood, 1842)
- Nomamyrmex hartigii (Westwood, 1842)
References
- Bolton, B. (2014). "Nomamyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
- "Genus: Nomamyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb. Retrieved 21 September 2013.
- Watkins, J. F. (1977). "The species and subspecies of Nomamyrmex (Dorylinae: Formicidae)". Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. 50 (2): 203–214.
- Swartz, Monica B. (December 1998). "Predation on an Atta cephalotes Colony by an Army Ant, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii". Biotropica. 30 (4): 682–684. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00110.x.
- Powell, S.; Clark, E. (November 2004). "Combat between large derived societies: A subterranean army ant established as a predator of mature leaf-cutting ant colonies". Insectes Sociaux. 51 (4): 342–351. doi:10.1007/s00040-004-0752-2.
- Souza, Jorge L.P.; Moura, Carlos A. R. (2008). "Predation of Ants and Termites by Army Ants, Nomamyrmex esenbeckii (Formicidae, Ecitoninae) in the Brazilian Amazon" (PDF). Sociobiology. 52 (2): 399–402. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
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