Orectognathus

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Orectognathus
Orectognathus antennatus.jpg
Orectognathus antennatus worker
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Formicidae
Subfamily: Myrmicinae
Tribe: Attini
Genus: Orectognathus
Smith, 1854 [1]
Type species
Orectognathus antennatus
Smith, 1854
Diversity [2]
29 species
Synonyms

ArnoldidrisBrown, 1950

Orectognathus is a genus of ants in the subfamily Myrmicinae. [3]

Contents

Species

O. antennatus Orectognathus antennatus.jpg
O. antennatus
O. hystrix Orectognathus hystrix.jpg
O. hystrix
O. szentivanyi Orectognathus szentivanyi.jpg
O. szentivanyi
O. versicolor Orectognathus versicolor.jpg
O. versicolor

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References

  1. Smith, F. 1854: Monograph of the genus Cryptocerus, belonging to the group Cryptoceridae - family Myrmicidae - division Hymenoptera Heterogyna. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (n.s.), 2(7): 213-228. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1854.tb02221.x BHL [Date of publication: Jan. 1854]
  2. Bolton, B. (2014). "Orectognathus". AntCat. Retrieved 5 July 2014.
  3. "Genus: Orectognathus". antweb.org. AntWeb . Retrieved 23 September 2013.