Ectomomyrmex

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Ectomomyrmex
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Ectomomyrmex insulanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Ponerinae
Tribe: Ponerini
Genus:Ectomomyrmex
Mayr, 1867
Type species
Ectomomyrmex javanus [1]
Mayr, 1867
Diversity [2]
27 species

Ectomomyrmex is a ponerine genus of ants found in Asia and Australia. Little is known about their biology, but they seem to be generalist predators of arthropod prey. [2]

Ponerinae subfamily of insects

Ponerinae is a subfamily of ants in the Poneromorph subfamilies group, with about 1,600 species in 47 extant genera, including Dinoponera gigantea - one of the world's largest species of ant. Mated workers have replaced the queen as the functional egg-layers in several species of ponerine ants. In such queenless species, the reproductive status of workers can only be determined through ovarian dissections.

A genus is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus.

Ant family of insects

Ants are eusocial insects of the family Formicidae and, along with the related wasps and bees, belong to the order Hymenoptera. Ants evolved from wasp-like ancestors in the Cretaceous period, about 140 million years ago, and diversified after the rise of flowering plants. More than 12,500 of an estimated total of 22,000 species have been classified. They are easily identified by their elbowed antennae and the distinctive node-like structure that forms their slender waists.

Species

<i>Ectomomyrmex astutus</i> species of insect

Ectomomyrmex astutus is a species of ant in the genus Ectomomyrmex. Described by Smith in 1858, the species is endemic to Asia and Australia.

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<i>Bothroponera</i> genus of insects

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<i>Brachyponera</i> genus of insects

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References

  1. ↑ Bolton, B. (2015). "Ectomomyrmex". AntCat. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 Schmidt, C. A.; Shattuck, S. O. (2014). "The Higher Classification of the Ant Subfamily Ponerinae (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), with a Review of Ponerine Ecology and Behavior". Zootaxa . 3817 (1): 1–242. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3817.1.1. PMID   24943802.


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