| Myrmecocystus placodops | |
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| Profile view of ant Myrmecocystus placodops specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Formicidae |
| Subfamily: | Formicinae |
| Tribe: | Lasiini |
| Genus: | Myrmecocystus |
| Species: | M. placodops |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrmecocystus placodops Forel, 1908 | |
Myrmecocystus placodops is a species of ant in the family Formicidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
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