Calyptomyrmex

Calyptomyrmex
Calyptomyrmex beccarii worker
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Myrmicinae
Tribe:	Crematogastrini
Genus:	Calyptomyrmex Emery, 1887
Type species
Calyptomyrmex beccarii
Diversity [1]
37 species

Calyptomyrmex is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. ^[2] The genus is distributed from Africa to India and east to New Caledonia. They are mainly found in the rainforest, where they forage alone or in small numbers. ^[3]

Species

• Calyptomyrmex arnoldi (Forel, 1913)
• Calyptomyrmex asper Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex barak Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex beccarii Emery, 1887
• Calyptomyrmex brevis Weber, 1943
• Calyptomyrmex brunneus Arnold, 1948
• Calyptomyrmex caledonicus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex clavatus Weber, 1952
• Calyptomyrmex claviseta (Santschi, 1914)
• Calyptomyrmex danum Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex duhun Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex foreli Emery, 1915
• Calyptomyrmex fragarus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex friederikae Kutter, 1976
• Calyptomyrmex fritillus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex grammus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex kaurus Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex lineolus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex loweryi Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex nedjem Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex nummuliticus Santschi, 1914
• Calyptomyrmex ocullatus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex piripilis Santschi, 1923
• Calyptomyrmex rectopilosus Dlussky & Radchenko, 1990
• Calyptomyrmex rennefer Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex retrostriatus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex ryderae Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex sabahensis Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex shasu Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex singalensis Baroni Urbani, 1975
• Calyptomyrmex sparsus Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex stellatus Santschi, 1915
• Calyptomyrmex tamil Baroni Urbani, 1975
• Calyptomyrmex taylori Shattuck, 2011
• Calyptomyrmex tensus Bolton, 1981
• Calyptomyrmex vedda Baroni Urbani, 1975
• Calyptomyrmex wittmeri Baroni Urbani, 1975

References

1. Bolton, B. (2014). "Calyptomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
2. "Genus: Calyptomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.
3. Shattuck, S. O. (2011). "Revision of the ant genus Calyptomyrmex (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in South-east Asia and Oceania". Zootaxa . 2743: 1–26. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2743.1.1.

External links

• Media related to Calyptomyrmex at Wikimedia Commons