Aptinoma

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Aptinoma
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A. mangabe worker from Madagascar
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Dolichoderinae
Tribe: Tapinomini
Genus: Aptinoma
Fisher, 2009
Type species
Aptinoma mangabe
Diversity [1]
2 species

Aptinoma is a small genus of arboreal ants in the subfamily Dolichoderinae. [2] Its two species are known only from Antongil Bay, Madagascar. [3]

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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Aptinoma". AntCat. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. "Genus: Aptinoma". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Brian, L. Fisher (2009). "Two new dolichoderine ant genera from Madagascar: Aptinoma gen. n. and Ravavy gen. n. (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2118: 37–52. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2118.1.3.