Myrmecocystus kennedyi

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Myrmecocystus kennedyi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Formicinae
Tribe: Lasiini
Genus: Myrmecocystus
Species:
M. kennedyi
Binomial name
Myrmecocystus kennedyi
Snelling, 1969

Myrmecocystus kennedyi is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Myrmecocystus kennedyi Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. ↑ "Myrmecocystus kennedyi". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  3. ↑ "AntWeb". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

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