Anomalomyrmini

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Anomalomyrmini
Anomalomyrma taylori specimen casent0101976 dorsal view.jpg
Anomalomyrma taylori dealate queen (holotype specimen)
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Leptanillinae
Tribe: Anomalomyrmini
Bolton, 1990
Type genus
Anomalomyrma
Diversity [1]
c. 3 genera

Anomalomyrmini is a tribe of Leptanillinae ants with three extant genera. [1]

Genera

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References

  1. 1 2 Bolton, B. (2013), "An online catalog of the ants of the world.", AntCat, retrieved 17 January 2015