Cryptomyrmex

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Cryptomyrmex
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Cryptomyrmex longinodus worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Solenopsidini
Genus: Cryptomyrmex
Fernández, 2004
Type species
Adelomyrmex longinodus
Fernández, 2003
Diversity [1]
2 species

Cryptomyrmex is a genus of ant in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [2] The genus is known from Brazil and Paraguay. [3]

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References

  1. Bolton, B. (2015). "Cryptomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. "Genus: Cryptomyrmex". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.
  3. Fernández 2004, p. 331