Anomalomyrma

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Anomalomyrma
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A. taylori dealate queen (holotype specimen)
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Anomalomyrma

Taylor, 1990
Type species
Anomalomyrma taylori
Diversity [1]
3 species

Anomalomyrma is an Asian genus of ants in the subfamily Leptanillinae. [2] The genus was originally described in 1990 with the type species Anomalomyrma taylori, based on a single dealate queen from Borneo. [3] Workers were unknown until 2011, when two new species were described from Peninsular Malaysia and the Philippines. [4]

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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Anomalomyrma". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Anomalomyrma". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 21 September 2013.
  3. Bolton, B. (1990). "The higher classification of the ant subfamily Leptanillinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)". Systematic Entomology . 15 (3): 267–282. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.1990.tb00063.x.
  4. Borowiec, M. L.; Schulz, A.; Alpert, G. D.; Baňař, P. (2011). "Discovery of the worker caste and descriptions of two new species of Anomalomyrma (Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Leptanillinae) with unique abdominal morphology". Zootaxa . 2810: 1–14. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2810.1.1.